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

Isaiah 13:21

21 Wild animals will rest there,
the ruined ^{▼▼ The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.} houses will be full of hyenas. ^{▼▼ 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).}
Ostriches will live there,
wild goats will skip among the ruins. ^{▼▼ Heb “will skip there.”}