King James Version
Isaiah 21:1 in the King James Version says “The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terri...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 21:1 · KJV
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.
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. grievous: Heb. hard
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
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“The burden”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
“from the desert”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“of the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“in the south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“pass”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
“from the desert”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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