But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there – Hebrew, (ציים (tsı̂yı̂ym)). This word properly denotes those anim…

Wild beasts of the desert ... —The Hebrew term, which in Psalms 72:9, and perhaps in Isaiah 23:13, is used of men, has been rendered as “w…

But the Ziim shall lie there. He continues the description of a desert place and alludes to what he had previously said, that Babylon will…

Ver. 21. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there What sort of creatures are meant is not certain. The Targum render…

Babylon was a noble city; yet it would be wholly destroyed. None will dwell there. It will be a haunt for wild beasts. All this is fulfilled.