Isaiah 13:21

doleful creatures. Probably hyenas.

satyrs. goat-shaped demons worshipped by the Seirites (Edom). Compare Leviticus 17:7. 2Ch 11:15. 2 Chronicles 25:14.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there - Hebrew, ( ציים tsı̂yı̂ym ). This word denotes properly those animals that dwell in dry and deso...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But (p) wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall danc...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Burden ] The corresponding verb means 'to lift up' ( a ) a load, ( b ) the voice (cp. Isaiah 3:7 ; Isaiah 42:2 ; Isaiah 42:11 ), used of Balaa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wild beasts of the desert... — The Hebrew term, which in Psalms 72:9 , and perhaps in Isaiah 23:13 , is used of men, has been rendered by “wild c...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the second circle of the first division of our book, in which are contained Isaiah's prophecies concerning the nations and the world....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to read this prophecy very attentively, and mark well the awful destruction threatened. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a day;...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ,.... What sort of creatures are meant is not certain. The Targum renders it by a word which signifies...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall danc...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wild beasts of the desert shall lie there Which was literally fulfilled, as we have just seen, in Jerome's time, when it was a forest for breed...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Babylon. B. C. 739. 19 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; the land being forsaken by men, shall be possessed by wild beasts, which love solitary places. What the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Vivid Picture of Babylon's Future And Its End ( Isaiah 13:17-22 ). Having depicted the destruction of Babylon in apocalyptic terms Isaiah brings...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the thirteen Chapter s which follow, the prophet, like a watchman, raises his voice, and denounces woes against all the surrounding nations, and f...
The Biblical Illustrator

Babylon. .. shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah The re-entries of nature All this we may say is historical and local. On the oth...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Babylon in Particular
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, making their dens in the midst of the ruins; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34:11-15 ; Revelation 18:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Satyrs — The learned agree, that these are frightful and solitary creatures.

²¹ But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 13:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 13:21