John Gill Commentary Isaiah 34:14

"And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest." — Isaiah 34:14 (ASV)

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the
wild beasts of the islands
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 Isaiah 13:22): and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ;
or the "hairy" one ^F18 ; 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 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, (Revelation 18:2) :

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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 say {s}, 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 Lilith ^F20 ; the same with the Lamia of the Romans; and so the Vulgate Latin here renders it.

FOOTNOTES:

• F18: (ryev) "pilosus", a (rev) "capillus."
• F20: Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. Rab. col. 1140.