Text -- Isaiah 34:15 (NET)

34:15 Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 34:15

¹ tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.

² tn For this proposed meaning for Hebrew מָלַט (malat), see HALOT 589 s.v. I מלט.

³ tn Heb “and brood [over them] in her shadow.”

⁴ tn The precise meaning of דַּיָּה (dayyah) is uncertain, though the term appears to refer to some type of bird of prey, perhaps a vulture.