Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.
New American Standard Bible
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It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
An oracle
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
International Standard Version
A message concerning the pasture by the Sea. "Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a distant land.
A Conservative Version
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
American Standard Version
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Amplified
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.
Bible in Basic English
The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south for passing through, from the desert it came, from a fearful land.
King James 2000
The burden concerning the desert by the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The oracle of [the] wilderness of [the] sea: As storm winds passing over in the Negev, {it comes} from [the] desert, from a frightful land.
Modern King James verseion
The burden against the desert of the sea: As tempests in the south pass, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This is the heavy burden of the waste sea: A grievous vision was showed unto me, even as the stormy weather that passeth through at the noonday, to come from the wilderness, from that horrible land.
New Heart English Bible
The oracle of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negev sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
The Emphasized Bible
The oracle on the desert of the sea: As storm-winds in the South which with a rush from the desert, do come from a terrible land,
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
Youngs Literal Translation
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. 'Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.
Themes
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Destruction of
Babylon » Was called » Desert of the sea
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Tornadoes or whirlwinds
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denunciations against babylon
Medo-persian kingdom » Predictions respecting » Conquest of babylon
Persia » Prophecies concerning
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall Of Babylon
1 Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared. 2 I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1
This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:
Jeremiah 51:42
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
Zechariah 9:14
Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.
Isaiah 13:20-22
No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.
Isaiah 14:23
"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.
Job 37:9
A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.
Isaiah 13:4-5
There is a loud noise on the mountains -- it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms -- nations are being assembled! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.
Isaiah 13:17-18
Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
Isaiah 17:1
Here is a message about Damascus: "Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!
Ezekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.
Ezekiel 31:12
Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.
Daniel 11:40
"At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.