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Isaiah 21:1
Babylon was a city on the river Euphrates (see Genesis 10:10), 50 miles south of modern Baghdad in Iraq.
• The Negeb (or Negev) is still today the name for the region that is south of Judah.
Babylon was a city on the river Euphrates (see Genesis 10:10), 50 miles south of modern Baghdad in Iraq.
• The Negeb (or Negev) is still today the name for the region that is south of Judah.
CHAPTER XXI _Prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians_ _at the time of a great festival_, 1-9. _Short application of the prophecy to the Jews, partly in the_ _person of God, a...
THE BURDEN - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1). OF THE DESERT - There have been almost as many interpretations of this expression, as there have been interpreters. That it means Babylon, or the country ab...
CHAPTER 21 The Burdens of the Desert of the Sea, of Dumah, and Arabia 1. _The burden of the desert of the sea (Babylon) (Isaiah 21:1)_ 2. _The burden of Dumah (Isaiah 21:11)_ 3. The burden upon Arabi...
THE CAPTURE OF BABYLON. This prophecy describes a siege and capture of Babylon by Elam and Media. It is almost universally considered to have been written shortly before the capture of Babylon by Cyru...
BURDEN. The fifth of the seven burdens. OF. relating to. Genitive of Relation. App-17. THE SEA. The waters of the Euphrates in flood were so called, as the Nile was (Isaiah 19:6). Compare Revelation...
_The burden of the desert of the sea_ Perhaps, THE ORACLE, "DESERT OF THE SEA." The first of a series of enigmatic headings, all but peculiar to this section of the book: Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 21:13; I...
The "hard vision" of Babylon's fate....
THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA.— The _sixth_ discourse contained in this chapter represents, under a mystical name, Babylon, (the rulers whereof made great desolations in the world, and much dist...
D. IRREVERENT ENEMIES - Chapter S 21-23 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1. BABYLON, EDOM AND ARABIA a. BABYLON TEXT: Isaiah 21:1-10 1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep...
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. He does not narrate the event, but graphically supposes himself a w...
21:1 sea. (c-8) i.e. Babylon. south (d-13) _ Negeb_ . see Genesis 12:9 ....
BURDEN] see Isaiah 13:1. DESERT OF THE SEA] i.e. Babylonia: SEA refers to the Euphrates, the word being used in Hebrew of a large river, as in Isaiah 19:5 of the Nile. SOUTH] the technical name for th...
VISION OF BABYLON'S FALL The subject of this section is the siege of Babylon, and the dismay with which the prophet receives tidings of its fall. The siege referred to can scarcely be the one at the c...
מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר ־יָ֑ם כְּ סוּפֹ֤ות בַּ †...
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
In this chapter we have prophecies concerning Babylon, Dumah, and Arabia. With regard to Babylon, the prophet has seen the vision of the whirlwind sweeping against it, and so terrible is it that he is...
The burden of the (a) desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, (b) from a terrible land. (a) On the seaside between Judea and Caldea was a wildernes...
_The desert of the sea. So Babylon is here called, because from a city as full of people as the sea is with water, it was become a desert. (Challoner) --- After its fall, it was mostly inundated, chap...
CONTENTS Here, are several burdens brought into one chapter in succession to each other: the burden of the Desert of the Sea; of Dumah, and of Arabia: but all in relation to God's covenant people Isr...
The Desert of the Sea can mean no other than Babylon; and the ruin of it is foretold by way of comforting God's people in their captivity. It is blessed to observe, how beforehand the Lord is for his...
1._The burden of the desert of the sea. _The Prophet, after having taught that their hope ought to be placed, not on the Egyptians, but on the mercy of God alone, and after having foretold that calami...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...
THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA,.... That this is a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon is clear from the express mention both of the Medes and Persians, by whom it should be, and of Babylon it...
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. Ver. 1. _The burden of the desert of the sea,_] _i.e., _ Of Babylon...
_The burden of the desert of the sea_ That is, of Babylon, as is evident from Isaiah 21:9. Some think it is so called prophetically, because, although it was at present a populous city, it was shortly...
The burden of the desert of the sea, the valley and plain of the Euphrates and Tigris, where the Babylonian nation had its home. This country had been alternately a desert and a sea, depending upon th...
THE ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON...
1-10 Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretol...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 21 The prophet's fear and trouble at his vision of Babylon's ruin by the Medes and Persians, ISAIAH 21:1. He mocketh Babel, ISAIAH 21:5. Edom, scorning the prophet, is called to repenta...
Isaiah 21:1 burden H4853 Wilderness H4057 Sea H3220 whirlwinds H5492 South H5045 pass H2498 (H8800) comes H935 ...
CHAPTER 21 THE BURDENS ON THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA, ON DUMAH AND ON ARABIA. We now come to the second five of the ten burdens. And here we pause to note the careful way in which the prophecy has been...
THE BURDEN OF THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA (ISAIAH 21:1). The interpretations of this prophecy have been varied although all finally must relate it to one of the sackings of Babylon (Isaiah 21:9) of whic...
BURDEN (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...
CONTENTS: Four burdens anticipating Sennacherib's invasion. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Neither the skill of archers nor the courage of mighty men can protect a people from the judgments of...
Isaiah 21:1. _The desert of the sea._ The army which invaded Babylon came not directly against it; but Cyrus made a circuitous route, and collected part of his army from the deserts and mountains towa...
_The burden of the desert of the sea_ THE DESERT OF THE SEA This enigmatical name for Babylon was no doubt suggested by the actual character of the country in which the city stood. It was an endless...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 21:1 THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA. This is a short and somewhat vague, but highly poetic, "burden of Babylon" It is probably an earlier prophecy than...
Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 21. Isaiah begins this particular prophecy and addresses it to Babylon which was referred to as, The desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass (Isaiah 21:1)...
Daniel 11:40; Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 13:17
The plain — Of Babylon, which lay in a very plain country. And the title of the sea might well be given to the waters of Babylon, because of the great plenty and multitude of them. South — In those pa...