Isaiah 21:1
A declaration about the desert by the sea. 1 Like stormwinds sweeping through the Negev it comes 1 passing through from the wilderness, from a terrible land. 1
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Job 37:9The storm comes from its chamber in the south 1 and the cold from the scattering winds in the north. 1
Isaiah 13:4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of many people! 1 The noise of a tumult of the kingdoms like many nations gathered together! 1 Yahweh of hosts is mustering the army for the battle. 1
Isaiah 13:17Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them, 1 who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold. 1
Isaiah 14:1Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel and restore them into their own land. Foreigners will join with them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:23“I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water, 1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1
Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; 1 sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. 1 You will no longer be called dainty and delicate. 1
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 →