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NASB	Isaiah 34:13 Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Isaiah 34:13 Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities; It will be a haunt for jackals, An abode for ostriches.

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Bible Question: What is the deal with "the Lilith" mentioned in Isaiah 34:13-15? I was told that Lilith is Adams 1st wife, and it can be found in older versions of the Bible. In fact Eve is supposed to be his third wife, so if any one can help me please I could use it. Thank you.

Bible Answer: Greetings Pls!

Here is an article from the New Bible Dictionary about 'Lilith'.

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This name appears in a description of the terrible desolation of Edom, and presents great difficulties of interpretation. At a time when Bab. and Persian influence was developing, Lilith appears evidently as a loan-word derived from the Assyr. female demon of the night, Lilitu.
It may, however, be misleading to regard the creature as necessarily associated with the night: the darkness which some demons were said to love was that caused by desert storms (cf. Sumerian LIL.LA, ‘storm-wind’; and also a possible conclusion from Jerome’s translation cited above). Some scholars regard it as the equivalent of the English vampire.
Later Jewish literature speaks variously of Lilith as the first wife of Adam, but she flew away and became a demon; as a fabulous monster which stole and destroyed newly-born infants; and as a demon against which charms were used to keep it from the haunts of men, lest it enter and bring disease.
There is, however, no real evidence for insisting on a mythological interpretation of the word, and it is perhaps significant that most of the other creatures listed in Is. 34 are real animals or birds. If the lxx rendering is understood as something akin to a tail-less monkey (cf. G. R. Driver, loc. cit., p. 55), it seems an unlikely habitué of a desolate place. A similar objection applies also to both the tawny and the night owl, neither of which is a desert bird. Driver suggests a goat-sucker or nightjar (neb), several species of which are found in waste land.
Bibliography. JewE; G. R. Driver, ‘Lilith’, PEQ 91, 1959, pp. 55-58.

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Thus, from the context of the passag, it is clear that 'Lilith' refers to some sort of animal. What animal? No one is sure, but there is nothing in Scripture saying that Adam had another wife. Thus, this view is pure speculation, not Scriptural.

I hope this helps!

Your Brother in Christ,

Tim Moran

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