John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 34:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And thorns shall come up in her palaces, &c.] Where their kings and princes dwelt, and kept their courts, popes and cardinals; here will be the tokens of God’s curse, as thorns are, these being the people of his curse, as in (<233405>Isaiah 34:5): nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; alluding to “Bozrah” which signifies a fortress; referring to the towers and fortifications of the city of Rome, and all other fortified cities within its jurisdiction: and it shall be a habitation of dragons; literally, as it figuratively had been the seat of the old dragon, the devil, and of the beast to whom the dragon gave his power, seat, and authority; and who, though he looked like a lamb, spoke like a dragon, (<661203>Revelation 12:3 13:2,11): [and] a court for owls; or, “daughters of the owl”; or “ostriches”, as some render it.

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