Isaiah 21:1 — The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert… — AMP | maBible
Read Isaiah 21:1 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Isaiah 21.1, Isaiah 21v1, Es. 21:1. The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):
As windstorms in the Negev (…
Other reference formats: Isaiah 21.1, Isaiah 21v1, Es. 21:1.
1 The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):
As windstorms in the Negev (the South) sweep through,
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.
Passage themes
Un message prophétique — Message sur le désert maritime
Babylone réduite au désert — le désert maritime
Pareil à l'ouragan — Pareil à l'ouragan qui progresse dans le Néguev
Venu du pays redoutable — il vient du désert, du pays redoutable
Notes and references
I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.
Probably a reference to the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and their tributaries which overflowed their banks like a sea. Great dams were constructed to control their floodwaters.