Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- KJV
- The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
- WEB
- The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
- ASV
- The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
- DARBY
- The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
- BLB
- The burden of the wilderness the Sea: Like whirlwinds in the Negev passing through, it comes from the wilderness, from a fearsome land.
- ÅB
- Utsagn om Havørkenen[^1]. Som stormvinder i ørkenen farer fram, kommer det fra ørkenen, fra det forferdelige land.
- OTB
- En kunngjøring om Ørkenen ved Havet: Som virvelvinder i Negev feier gjennom, kommer det fra ødemarken, fra et land av redsel.
- B1930
- Utsagn om Havørkenen. Som stormvinder i ørkenen farer frem, kommer det fra ørkenen, fra det forferdelige land. / < Babel, som skal bli til en stor øde myr; JES 21, 9. 14, 23.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Read in contextZechariah 9:14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:20–22
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Read in contextEzekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:4–5
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
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