Isaiah 13:22

“And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, &c.] The Targum and Syriac version, “in their palaces”, and so the Vulgate Latin; or “with their widows”, such as have lost their mates: what creatures are here meant is very uncertain; we in general call them the wild beasts of the islands, because the word is sometimes used for islands; the Targum renders it “cats”, wild ones; the Syriac version, “sirens”; and the Arabic, the “hyaenae”; the Septuagint version, “onocentaurs”; and the Vulgate Latin version, “owls”, which live in desolate houses, and cry or answer to one another, which is the sense of the phrase here: and dragons in [their] pleasant palaces; where they…”

“wild beasts of the islands--rather, "jackals"; called by the Arabs "sons of howling"; an animal midway between a fox and a wolf [BOCHART and MAURER]. cry--rather, "answer," "respond" to each other, as wolves do at night, producing a most dismal effect. dragons--serpents of various species, which hiss and utter dolorous sounds. Fable gave them wings, because they stand with much of the body elevated and then dart swiftly. MAURER understands here another species of jackal. her time . . . near--though one hundred seventy-four years distant, yet "near" to Isaiah, who is supposed to be speaking to the Jews as if now captives in Babylon (Isa 14:1-2). "It moves in lengthened elegiac measure like a…”

“And the wild beasts of the islands - (איים 'ı̂yı̂ym); see the notes at Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 41:1, on the word rendered ‘islands.’ The word denotes islands, or coasts, and as those coasts and islands were unknown and unexplored, the word seems to have denoted unknown and uninhabited regions in general. Boehart supposes that by the word here used is denoted a species of wolves, the jackal, or the “thoes.” It is known as a wild animal, exceedingly fierce, and is also distinguished by alternate howlings in the night (“see” Bochart’s “Hieroz.” i. 3. 12). The word wolf probably will not express an erroneous idea here. The Chaldee renders it, ‘Cats.’ Shall cry - Hebrew, ‘Shall answer, or respond to…”

“Prolonged - Beyond the time appointed by God. Next: Isaiah Chapter 14”

“the wild beasts: Heb. Iim desolate houses: or, palaces, dragons. Isa 35:7 her time: Deu 32:35; Jer 51:33; Eze 7:7-10; Hab 2:3; Pe2 2:3, Pe2 3:9, Pe2 3:10 Next: Isaiah Chapter 14”