Isaiah 13:22

God's Word

Hyenas will howl in Babylon’s strongholds, and jackals will howl in its luxurious palaces. Its time has almost come. Its days will not be extended.

Cross References

Jeremiah 51:33

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: The people of Babylon are like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. Their harvest time will come soon.

Isaiah 35:7

Then the hot sand will become a pool, and dry ground will have springs. Grass will become cattails and rushes in the home of jackals.

Isaiah 25:2

You have turned cities into ruins, fortified cities into piles of rubble, and foreigners’ palaces into cities that will never be rebuilt.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will use good-sounding arguments to exploit you. The verdict against them from long ago is still in force, and their destruction is not asleep.

Habakkuk 2:3

The vision will still happen at the appointed time. It hurries toward its goal. It won’t be a lie. If it’s delayed, wait for it. It will certainly happen. It won’t be late.

Isaiah 34:13

Its palaces are covered with thorns. Its fortresses have nettles and thistles. It will become a home for jackals and a place for ostriches.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will take revenge and be satisfied. In due time their foot will slip, because their day of disaster is near. Their doom is coming quickly.

Psalm 44:19

Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

Isaiah 32:14

Palaces will be deserted. Noisy cities will be abandoned. Fortresses and watchtowers will become permanent caves. They will be a delight for wild donkeys and pastures for flocks

Isaiah 43:20

Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me. I will provide water in the desert. I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink.

Jeremiah 9:11

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, a home for jackals. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one can live there.

Jeremiah 48:16

“Moab’s destruction is coming near; disaster is coming quickly.

Lamentations 4:3

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.

Micah 1:8

I will mourn and cry because of this. I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will cry like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Isaiah 14:23

“It will become the possession of herons. It will become pools of water. I’ll sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 34:14

Hyenas will meet with jackals. Male goats will call to their mates. Screech owls will rest there and find a resting place for themselves.

Zephaniah 2:14

Flocks will lie down in it along with animals of every kind. Even pelicans and herons will nest on top of its columns. Listen! A bird will sing in a window. The doorway will be in ruins, because the Lord will expose the cedar beams.