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John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 34:14
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the islands, &c.] In Rome, and take up their abode there; of these creatures, the first of which the Targum renders monstrous ones, and the latter wild cats, (see Gill on “<231322>Isaiah 13:22”): and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; or the “hairy” onef672; from which word the goat has its name; and these creatures are described by the ancients as half goats and half men; of which (see Gill on “<231321>Isaiah 13:21”). The Targum renders it demons; and with this well agrees the account of Babylon or Rome as fallen, that it shall be the habitation of, devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, (<661802>Revelation 18:2): the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest; there being no inhabitants to disturb her. By the name “Lilith”, it appears to be a night bird, which flies and is heard in the night. The Jews call a she demon by this name, which, they sayf673, has a human face, and has wings, and destroys children as soon as born; and therefore the Jews, especially in Germany, write upon the four corners of the bed of a new mother, Adam, Eve, out Lilithf674; the same with the Lamia of the Romans; and so the Vulgate Latin here renders it.
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