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 "Isa 13:22":and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; or the "hairy" one ; from which word the goat has its name; and these creatures are described by the ancients as half goats and half men; of whichSee Gill on "Isa 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, Re 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 , 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 ; the same with the Lamia of the Romans; and so the Vulgate Latin here renders it.
ryev "pilosus", a rev "capillus." T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 24. 2. Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. Rab. col.