Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
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 against the desert by the sea:

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
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 (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):

As windstorms in the Negev (the South) sweep through,
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.

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 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

of the desert
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

סוּפה 
Cuwphah 
Usage: 16

in the south
נגב 
Negeb 
Usage: 112

חלף 
Chalaph 
Usage: 28

through so it cometh

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

from the desert
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

References

Context Readings

The Fall Of Babylon

1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
2 I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering that Babylon has caused.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:1

The pronouncement Isaiah the son of Amoz saw in vision.

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.

Zechariah 9:14

Jehovah will be seen over them. His arrow will go forth like lightning! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet and will go with windstorms of the south.

Isaiah 13:20-22

It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation! Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there. Nor will shepherds take their flocks there.

Isaiah 14:23

I will turn Babylon into a marsh. Porcupines will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah have spoken.

Job 37:9

Out of the south come the storm, and out of the north the cold.

Isaiah 13:4-5

Listen! A sound of tumult on the mountains is like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms and nations gathered together! Jehovah of Hosts assembles (inspects) the army for battle.

Isaiah 13:17-18

I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

Isaiah 17:1

Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins.

Ezekiel 30:11

He and his troops, the most ruthless troops among the nations, will be brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords to attack Egypt and fill the land with dead bodies.

Ezekiel 31:12

Alien tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade and left it.

Daniel 11:40

The king of the south will contend with him at the time of the end. The king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a large fleet of ships. He will enter into the countries and overflow and pass through them.

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