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Isa 21:1 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

The burden		"The first ten verses of this chapter contain a prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians; which is here denominated ""the desert of the sea,"" because the country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals. Isa 13:1; Isa 17:1"
the desert		Isa 13:20-22; Isa 14:23; Jer 51:42
As whirlwinds		Job 37:9; Dan 11:40; Zec 9:14
from		Isa 13:4,5,17,18; Eze 30:11; Eze 31:12

Correlating Passages

The burden

	Isa 13:1	The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
	Isa 17:1	The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

the desert

	Isa 13:20	It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
	Isa 13:21	But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
	Isa 13:22	And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in [their] pleasant palaces: and her time [is] near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
	Isa 14:23	I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
	Jer 51:42	The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

As whirlwinds

	Job 37:9	Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
	Dan 11:40	And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
	Zec 9:14	And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

from

	Isa 13:4	The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
	Isa 13:5	They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
	Isa 13:17	Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.
	Isa 13:18	[Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
	Eze 30:11	He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
	Eze 31:12	And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 21:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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