Parallel Verses
Amplified
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.
New American Standard Bible
The
As
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.
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.
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 The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.
A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!
All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
Jeremiah 51:42
“The sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
Zechariah 9:14
Then the Lord will be seen [hovering] over them [protecting His people],
And His arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord God will blow the trumpet
And will march in the windstorms of the south.
Isaiah 13:20-22
Babylon will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.
Isaiah 14:23
“I will also make Babylon a possession of the hedgehog and of
Job 37:9
“Out of its chamber comes the storm,
And cold from the north wind.
Isaiah 13:4-5
A sound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of the uproar of the kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts is mustering an army for battle.
Isaiah 13:17-18
Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Isaiah 17:1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
And will become a fallen ruin.
Ezekiel 30:11
“He and his people with him,
The most violent and ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land,
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
Ezekiel 31:12
Alien tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; its foliage has fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the nations of the earth have come from under its shade and have left it.
Daniel 11:40
“At the end time the king of the South will push and attack him (the Antichrist), and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots and horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overwhelm them and pass through.