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But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
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Verse 21. Beasts. Hebrew tsiim, “fishermen.”—Serpents. Hebrew ochim. Septuagint “echo,” ( Bible.) or “reeds.” Babylon was built on a marshy situation, and Cyrus having let out the waters of the Euphrates, they could never be effectually stopped.—Ostriches. Or swans.—Hairy. Goats. Calmet. 34:14. Calmet.
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