Isaiah 34:11

the cormorant and the bittern Zephaniah 2:14. R.V. has "the pelican (Leviticus 11:18; Psalms 102:6) and the porcupine"; for the latter see on ch. Isaiah 14:23.

the line of confusion, and the stones(R.V. plummet) of emptiness See on ch. Isaiah 28:17. These implements of the builder were naturally employed where a partial destruction (of houses, &c.) was contemplated; but the image is also extended to the case of complete demolition; 2 Kings 21:13; Lamentations 2:8. "Confusion" and "emptiness" stand for the words tôhûand bôhû, used of the primeval chaos in Genesis 1:2 (cf. Jeremiah 4:23).