Commento su Isaia 13:22

And cats shall dwell in his palaces Heb. וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמְנוֹתָיו. And cats shall dwell in his palaces.

אײם Vultures.²⁴A. V. The wild beasts of the islands. Plural of אַיׇה Vulture (Lev. 11:14).

וְעָנַָה is similar to (Hosea 2:17) “And she shall dwell (וְעָנְתָה) there.” Also (Nahum 2:13) “And his dens (וּמְעוֹנוֹתָיו) with what he had torn.” וְעָנָה may also be interpreted as an expression of raising the voice.

וענה And will sing²⁵A. V. Cry. or And will dwell; comp. מעון habitation (Ps. 26:8). ²⁶A. V. In their desolate houses.

and serpents shall dwell [or howl] in their temples of pleasure.

באלמנותיו According to some the same as בארמנותיו in his palaces; comp. Ez. 19:7; but as the letters—with the exception of אׄ הׄ וֹ יׄ—do not interchange;²⁷This rule is not only not always home in mind by I. E., but often directly contradicted, as e.g., Moznaim, sub voce המתהפכים. it is better to explain the expression thus : And every one of the vultures will sing with his widows.

and her days The days of her flourishing shall not be extended, for Israel was promised (Jer. 29:10): “When seventy years of Babylon are over, I will remember you.” And that remembering will be through Cyrus king of Persia, who will take the kingdom from Babylon after Darius the Mede, for they both, Media and Persia, joined over it, [i.e., over Babylon,] and stipulated between themselves, if the kings are from us, the governors are from you.

ותנים And dragons. Comp. Job 30:29