Isaiah 34:14
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
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 {r}; 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:
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 {t}; the same with the Lamia of the Romans; and so the Vulgate Latin here renders it.
{r} ryev "pilosus", a rev "capillus."
{s} T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 24. 2.
{t} Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. Rab. col. 1140.