Yesaya 64:10

64:10 Your chosen ¹  cities have become a desert;

Zion has become a desert,

Jerusalem ²  is a desolate ruin.

Yesaya 34:13

34:13 Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns;

thickets and weeds will grow ³  in her fortified cities.

Jackals will settle there;

ostriches will live there. ⁴ 

[64:10]  ¹ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

[64:10]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[34:13]  ³ tn The words “will grow” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:13]  ⁴ tc Heb “and she will be a settlement for wild dogs, a dwelling place for ostriches.” The translation assumes an emendation of חָצִיר (khatsir, “grass”) to חָצֵר (khatser, “settlement”). One of the Qumran scrolls of Isaiah (1QIsa^a) supports this emendation (cf. HALOT 344 s.v. II חָצִיר)