Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 34:7

7. And the unicorns shall come down with them , and the bullocks with the bulls, and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness .

Heb. the Reemim. But what kind of Beast this is, whether that Beast which is commonly called an Unicorn, which seems to be but a Fiction in the Judgment of the Learned; or a Rhinoceros, or a wild Ox or Bull; it is needless to trouble the ordinary Reader about it; and the Learned may consult my Latine Synopsis upon Num. 23. 22. about it. It is confessed, That it was a Beast of great strength and fierceness; and it is certain, that it is Metaphorically used in this place, to signify their Princes and Potentates.

Shall be humbled and cast down. The Seventy and Syriack render it, they shall fall down, as such Beasts do, when they have received a deadly blow.

With the Lambs, and Goats, and Rams, last mentioned, ver. 6.

With the Fat of the slain Sacrifices, which shall be mingled with it.

Marginal references: Or, rhinocerots.; Or, drunken.