Isaiah 34:11

Translations

Modern

The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

Traditional

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Literal

…and the hawk and the hedgehog will dispossess her, and the owl and the raven will dwell in her; and He will stretch out over her a measuring line of confusion, and a plumb line of emptiness.

Latin

Et possidebunt illam onocrotalus et ericius; ibis et corvus habitabunt in ea: et extendetur super eam mensura, ut redigatur ad nihilum, et perpendiculum in desolationem.

Original

Hebrew

English

The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

Notes

Isaiah 34:11

The identification of some of these birds is uncertain, but they inhabited wild and deserted places and many were considered unclean (Deuteronomy 14:11–18).

Isaiah 34:11–14

Wild animals, nocturnal birds, and thorny plants with thistles and briars filled the land. These things made the place feel empty and frightening.

Isaiah 34:1–17

This prophecy of judgment was against the nations at the terrifying day of the Lord (see study note on Isaiah 2:5–22; see also Isaiah 63:1–6).

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Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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