Isaiah 13:22

Translations

Modern

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Traditional

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Literal

…and hyenas will howl in its towers, and jackals in its palaces of delight. And her time is coming near, and her days will not be drawn out.

Latin

…et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus ejus, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Notes

Isaiah 13:19–22

This image of Babylon as a forever haunted ruin contrasts with its greatness at its height (see Daniel 4:29–30).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah The Day of the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 25:2
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
Jeremiah 51:33
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
Isaiah 35:7
The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Ezekiel 7:7–10
Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
2 Peter 3:9–10
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
Isaiah 34:13
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Dragon Isaiah, Book of Jackal Lucifer Wilderness

Topics

Animals: Habits of Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Perpetual Desolation of Beasts: Habitations of Deserted Cities Cyrus: Prophecies Concerning Houses: Desolation of, Threatened As a Punishment Palaces: Often As Punishment: The Habitation of Dragons Palaces: Pleasant The Dragon: Found in Deserted Cities

Isaiah 13:22

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