Isaiah 21:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר־יָ֑ם כְּסוּפ֤וֹת בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א מֵאֶ֖רֶץ נוֹרָאָֽה׃

Transliteration

maśśā midbar-yām like sūpōt in neḡeb to ḥalōp from midbār bā' from 'ereṣ nōrā'āh

Grammar Details

*maśśā*: construct noun, masculine singular - burden/oracle/prophecy
*midbar*: construct noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
*sūpōt*: noun, feminine plural - storms/whirlwinds
*neḡeb*: noun with definite article, masculine singular - south/Negev region
*ḥalōp*: infinitive construct with prefix lamed - to pass through/sweep through
*midbār*: noun, masculine singular with prefix min - from wilderness/desert
*bā'*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - comes/is coming
*'ereṣ*: noun, feminine singular with prefix min - from land
*nōrā'āh*: adjective, feminine singular - terrible/dreadful/feared

Word Meanings

*maśśā*: burden/oracle/utterance/prophecy
*midbar-yām*: desert of the sea/wilderness by the sea
*ḥalōp*: to pass through/to sweep through/to change
*nōrā'āh*: terrible/dreadful/feared/awesome

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:1 : 1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Jer 51:42 : 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Zech 9:14 : 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.
Isa 13:20-22 : 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. 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. 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 : 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.
Isa 17:1 : 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Isa 13:4-5 : 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. 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 13:17-18 : 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. 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.
Ezek 30:11 : 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.
Ezek 31:12 : 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.
Dan 11:40 : 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.
Job 37:9 : 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

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