Isaiah 21:1
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The Lord Will Judge Babylon
21:1Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea:1
Like strong winds blowing in the south,2
one invades from the desert,
from a land that is feared.
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- 1 The phrase is quite cryptic, at least to the modern reader. Verse 9 seems to indicate that this message pertains to Babylon. Southern Mesopotamia was known as the Sealand in ancient times, because of its proximity to the Persian Gulf. Perhaps the reference to Babylon as a “desert” foreshadows the destruction that would overtake the city, making it like a desolate desert.
- 2 Or “in the Negev” ().
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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