Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 13:21

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21. wild beasts — Hebrew, tsiyim, animals dwelling in arid wastes. Wild cats, remarkable for their howl [BOCHART]. doleful creatures —"howling beasts," literally, "howlings" [MAURER]. owls —rather, "ostriches"; a timorous creature, delighting in solitary deserts and making a hideous noise [BOCHART]. satyrs —sylvan demi-gods—half man, half goat—believed by the Arabs to haunt these ruins; probably animals of the goat-ape species [VITRINGA]. Devil-worshippers, who dance amid the ruins on a certain night [J. WOLFF]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological