Isaiah 21:1
What does Isaiah 21:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 21:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zechariah 9:14
And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
- Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
- Isaiah 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Ezekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
- Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
- Jeremiah 51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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