The Meaning of Isaiah 34:15 Explained

Isaiah 34:15

KJV: There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

YLT: There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

Darby: There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.

ASV: There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 34:15?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 34:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 34:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 34:15?

What is the context of Isaiah 34:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

What does Isaiah 34:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 34:1-17 - Reaping The Whirlwind

This chapter is one prolonged description of the judgments which were to befall the nations at the hand of Assyria and Babylon. The imagery employed is borrowed from the destruction of the cities of the plain. Streams of pitch; dust of brimstone; the ever-ascending smoke of a furnace; the scream of the eagle, hawk, and owl; the invasion of palaces by the thistle; the howl of the wolf; the call of the jackal; the arrow-snakes nest; the kite with its mate-such are the illustrations employed to depict the scorching desolations which were impending. Edom is especially mentioned as suffering these awful desolations because of her long-standing hatred of Israel. See Psalms 137:7; Ezekiel 36:5; Lamentations 4:21-22. These terrible and graphic predictions have been literally fulfilled, but they foreshadow those further and eternal disasters which must overtake willful and designed rejection of the divine purposes and laws. Are not all nations at this hour standing before the Son of man and being judged? See Matthew 25:31. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 34

¹ The judgments wherewith God revenges his church
¹¹ The desolation of her enemies
¹⁶ The certainty of the prophecy

What do the individual words in Isaiah 34:15 mean?

There shall make her nest the arrow snake and lay [eggs] and hatch and gather [them] under her shadow Also there shall be gathered the hawks every one with her mate

שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־ שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ

קִנְּנָ֤ה	shall make her nest
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: קָנַן Sense: to make a nest.
קִפּוֹז֙	the arrow snake
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: קִפֹּוז Sense: arrow snake, owl.
וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט	and lay [eggs]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: מָלַט Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
וּבָקְעָ֖ה	and hatch
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular Root: בָּקַע Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
וְדָגְרָ֣ה	and gather [them]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular Root: דָּגַר Sense: (Qal) to gather together as a brood.
בְצִלָּ֑הּ	under her shadow
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: צֵל Sense: shadow, shade.
אַךְ־	Also
Parse: Adverb Root: אַךְ Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
נִקְבְּצ֥וּ	shall be gathered
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: קָבַץ Sense: to gather, assemble.
דַיּ֖וֹת	the hawks
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: דַּיָּה Sense: a bird of prey (perhaps the kite).
אִשָּׁ֥ה	every one
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
רְעוּתָֽהּ	with her mate
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: רְעוּת Sense: female companion, mate, neighbour woman.

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