Isa 34:13 | NETfull | STEP | Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

Isaiah 34:13

13 Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;
thickets and weeds will grow ^{▼▼ The words “will grow” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.} in her fortified cities.
Jackals will settle there;
ostriches will live there. ^{▼▼ Heb “and she will be a settlement for wild dogs, a dwelling place for ostriches.” The translation assumes an emendation of חָצִיר (khatsir, “grass”) to חָצֵר (khatser, “settlement”). One of the Qumran scrolls of Isaiah (1QIsa^a) supports this emendation (cf. HALOT 344 s.v. II חָצִיר)}