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Isaiah 21:1

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

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ASV

The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

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.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'[the] oracle ofH4853 →
מִדְבַּר־mid.bar-[the] wilderness ofH4057 →
יָ֑םYam[the] seaH3220 →
כְּסוּפ֤וֹתke.su.Fotlike storm-windsH5492 →
בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ba.Ne.gevin the southH5045 →
לַֽחֲלֹ֔ףla.cha.Lofto sweep onH2498 →
מִמִּדְבָּ֣רmi.mid.Barfrom [the] wildernessH4057 →
בָּ֔אBa'[someone is] comingH935 →
מֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a landH776 →
נוֹרָאָֽה׃no.ra.'Ahto be fearedH3372 →

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Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Isaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.Zechariah 9:14Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.Isaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.Isaiah 13:20–22She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.Ezekiel 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,Ezekiel 31:12Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.Isaiah 13:4–5Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.Daniel 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.Isaiah 13:17–18Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.Ezekiel 30:11He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

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