Parallel Verses New International Version Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls. King James Bible And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. Darby Bible Translation And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches. World English Bible Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. Young's Literal Translation And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble are in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich. Isaiah 34:13 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd thorns shall come up in her palaces - ועלו בארמנותיה vealu bearmenotheyha; so read all the ancient versions. A court for owls - יענה yaanah, the ostrich, from ענה anah, to cry, because of the noise it makes. "They roar, "says Dr. Shaw, "sometimes like a lion - sometimes like a bull. I have often heard them groan as if in the utmost distress." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge thorns an habitation owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl Library Opposition to Messiah RuinousThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel T here is a species of the sublime in writing, which seems peculiar to the Scripture, and of which, properly, no subjects but those of divine revelation are capable, With us, things inconsiderable in themselves are elevated by splendid images, which give them an apparent importance beyond what they can justly claim. Thus the poet, when describing a battle among bees, by a judicious selection of epithets … John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Questions. Cross References Revelation 18:2 With a mighty voice he shouted: "'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!' She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. Psalm 44:19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness. Isaiah 13:22 Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged. Isaiah 25:2 You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Isaiah 32:13 and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers-- yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry. Isaiah 32:14 The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks, Isaiah 35:7 The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. Jump to Previous Abode Brambles Citadels Cities Court Dogs Dragons Dwelling-Place Enclosure Fair Fortified Fortresses Foxes Grow Habitation Haunt Holes Houses Jackals Meeting-Place Nettle Nettles Ostriches Overrun Owls Palaces Plants Strongholds Thereof Thistles Thorns Towers Waste Wild Wild-DogsJump to Next Abode Brambles Citadels Cities Court Dogs Dragons Dwelling-Place Enclosure Fair Fortified Fortresses Foxes Grow Habitation Haunt Holes Houses Jackals Meeting-Place Nettle Nettles Ostriches Overrun Owls Palaces Plants Strongholds Thereof Thistles Thorns Towers Waste Wild Wild-DogsLinks Isaiah 34:13 NIVIsaiah 34:13 NLT Isaiah 34:13 ESV Isaiah 34:13 NASB Isaiah 34:13 KJV Isaiah 34:13 Bible Apps Isaiah 34:13 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 34:13 Chinese Bible Isaiah 34:13 French Bible Isaiah 34:13 German Bible Isaiah 34:13 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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