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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.
Isaiah 21:1 — KJV
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Isaiah 21:1
King James Version (KJV)
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Isaiah 21:1
Verse 1 of 17
Commentary
Commentary on Isaiah 21:1
Theological / DevotionalThe burden. See on ch. 13:1.
The desert of the sea. The nation against which this solemn message is directed, though not expressly named in the title, is obviously Babylon (see vs. 2, 9; PK 531; cf. v. 4). The LXX omits “of the sea.” Isaiah seems to compare the endless wastes of the wilderness to the sea. Some have translated this expression as “sandy wastes.”
It cometh. It is not clear whether this refers to “the burden,” or whether it should be translated “he cometh,” with reference to the Elamite-Median invasion of Babylon (see v. 2). The latter seems more probable, for in v. 2 the Elamites and Medians are told to “go up.” If so, this invasion is compared to a whirlwind coming out of the south (Heb. negeb; see on Gen. 12:9), and the land of Elam-Media would be the “terrible land” to which Isaiah refers.
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