Text -- Isaiah 13:21 (NET)

13:21 Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 13:21

¹ tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn The precise referent of this word in uncertain. See HALOT 29 s.v. *אֹחַ. Various English versions translate as “owls” (e.g., NAB, NASB), “wild dogs” (NCV); “jackals” (NIV); “howling creatures” (NRSV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “will skip there.”