Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
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Job 37:9Out of the chamber [of the south] comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
Isaiah 13:4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! The noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! LORD of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isaiah 14:1For LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. And the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. And I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For thou shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:1
In this chapter we have a prophecy of sad times coming, and heavy burdens, I. Upon Babylon, here called "the desert of the sea," that it should be destroyed by the Medes and Persians with a terrible destruction, which yet God's people should have advantage by, ver. 1-10 . II. Upon Dumah, or Idumea, ver. 11, 12 . III. Upon Arabia, or Kedar, the desolation of which country was very near, ver. 13-17 . These and other nations which the princes and people of Israel had so much to do with the prophets of Israel could… Read the whole commentary →