Isaiah 34:15 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 34:15

The great owl; whether this or what other creature is meant by this Hebrew word, the learned reader may find largely discoursed in my Latin Synopsis upon this place; for others, it may suffice to know, what all agree in, that, whether it be a bird or a serpent, it is a creature that lives in desert places. Make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow, as fearing no disturbance from any men. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

Chapter 34Come near, ye nations, to hear; hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation ( Isaiah 34:1-2 )A term that is used in the Old Testament for the Great Tribulation period.the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations ( Isaiah 34:2 ),Or the wrath of God, the Great Tribulation.his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 34:1-17

Isaiah 34:1-2 . Come near ye nations to hear for the indignation of the Lord is upon all the kingdoms of western Asia. Those nations are named in Jeremiah 25:0. They comprise Jerusalem, Egypt, Tyre, Edom, Moab, Philistia, Arabia, Elam, and Media. Five years after the fall of Jerusalem, and while the siege of Tyre was conducting, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Edom in his bloody career. At the fall of Jerusalem, Edom had not concealed her wanton joy. She had joined the Chaldeans in cruel wars... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 34:1-17

Isaiah 34:1-17Come near, ye nations, to hear.--The subject is, as in chap.13., the Lord’s judgment upon all the nations; and as chap 13. singled outBabylon for special doom, so chap. 34, singles out Edom. (Prof. G. A. Smith, D,D.)Edom Edom represents here all the powers hostile to the Church of God as such, and is thus an idea of the profoundest and widest cosmical significance. (F. Delitzsch.)Edom’s punishmentThe eternal punishment falling on the Edomites is depicted (Isaiah 34:8-10) in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:15

Isa 34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. Ver. 15. There shall the great owl make her nest. ] Heb., Kippoz. The Hebrews themselves agree not what creatures these are here mentioned, so far are they fallen from the knowledge of the Scripture. Their tale about Lilits, once Adam’s first wife, but now a screech owl or an evil spirit, is not worthy the mentioning. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:15

15. There shall the great owl make her nest Bochart regards the rendering here “great owl” as entirely wrong. It is from a word which means to dart, to spring, and most interpreters at present join with him in calling the animal an arrow snake, which springs like the rattlesnake. Lay… hatch… shadow This reptile shall make its nest in the ground, or among the ruins, lay eggs, hatch them, and cover its young by its own shadow, or, rather, by its own coiled body. The desert of Sinai, and... read more