But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there,.... What sort of creatures are meant is not certain. The Targum renders it by a word which signifies monstrous, astonishing creatures; the Latin interpreter of it calls them apes.
Jarchi and Kimchi say such are intended as are called martens or sables, a creature of the weasel kind. The Hebrew word does not much differ from the Arabic one used for "wild cats":and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; whose voices are very mournful and unpleasant.
Aben Ezra says such creatures are meant, that those that see them are amazed at them.