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Isaiah 21:1

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God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

1The 1aoracle concerning the 2bwilderness of the sea.

As cwindstorms in the 3Negev sweep on,

It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or burden of
  2. 2Or sandy wastes, sea country
  3. 3I.e. South country

Cross references

  1. aIs 13:1
  2. bIs 13:20–22; 14:23; Jer 51:42
  3. cZech 9:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,

it comes from the wilderness,

from a terrible land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:

Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,

an invader comes from the desert,

from a land of terror.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A pronouncement concerning the desert by the sea:

Like storms that pass over the Negev,

it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

NLTNew Living Translation

This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea:

Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,

like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The oracle of the wilderness of the sea:

As storm winds passing over in the Negev,

it comes from the desert,

from a frightful land.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.