Chapter 2: Beasts and Dragons
The prophet Isaiah spoke of the desolation of the land after
the judgment of God:
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the isle, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech-owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Other
translations use different words for beasts, such as wild animals or desert
creatures. Young’s Literal Translation uses Ziim and Aiim. What? The Hebrew
words are tsiyiy (a specific wild beast but not certainly identified)
and ’iy ( wild beasts of the
islands) so there’s a lot of speculation as to what these beasts are.
But let’s get to the best beast of all – the dragon.
