Isaiah 13:21 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“The world has given birth to many monsters; inIsaiah we read of centaurs and sirens, screech-owls and pelicans.” — editor's note: Is. xiii. 21, 22, and xxxiv. 14–16.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Thus we hear in Job of Amalthea’s horn, and in Esaias of the Sirens, the former thus naming plenty after the conceit of the Greeks, the latter representing the pleasure derived from hearing, by the figure of the Sirens.” — editor's note: Isaiah xiii. 21. καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐκεῖ σειρῆνες, καὶ δαιμόνια ἐκεῖ ὀρχήσονται, “and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there” (R.V.). The LXX.…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.32Conference VII
“…are called lions, dragons, scorpions in the gospel, and are named by the Apostle the prince of this world, rulers of this darkness, and spirits of wickedness.” — editor's note: Cf. Is. xiii. 21, 22; xxxiv. 13, 15; Ps. xc. (xci.) 13; S. Luke x. 19; S. John xiv. 30; Eph. vi. 12.
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John Chrysostom
“…the Spirit, lest the prophet threaten us also with such things as he threatened Judea, that “The wild asses shall dance there, and porcupines, and serpents.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xiii. 21, 22. [The word δρκοντε, here rendered “serpents,” is not found in the LXX.; nor does the prophecy refer to Judæa, but to Babylon.—R.]
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.