Yesaya 34:13

34:13 Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;

thickets and weeds will grow ¹  in her fortified cities.

Jackals will settle there;

ostriches will live there. ² 

Yesaya 35:7

35:7 The dry soil will become a pool of water,

the parched ground springs of water.

Where jackals once lived and sprawled out,

grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Yesaya 65:10

65:10 Sharon ³  will become a pasture for sheep,

and the Valley of Achor ⁴  a place where cattle graze; ⁵ 

they will belong to my people, who seek me. ⁶ 

[34:13]  ¹ tn The words “will grow” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:13]  ² tc 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)

[65:10]  ³ sn Sharon was a plain located to the west, along the Mediterranean coast north of Joppa and south of Carmel.

[65:10]  ⁴ sn The Valley of Achor (“Achor” means “trouble” in Hebrew) was the site of Achan’s execution. It was located to the east, near Jericho.

[65:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “a resting place for cattle”; NASB, NIV “for herds.”

[65:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “for my people who seek me.”