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Isaiah 21:1

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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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  1. Isaiah 14:23Rank 1 from verse 1
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    23I 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.

  2. Isaiah 13:1Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

  3. Jeremiah 51:42Rank 3 from verse 1
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    42The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

  4. Zechariah 9:14Rank 4 from verse 1
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    14And 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.

  5. Isaiah 13:20–22Rank 5 from verse 1
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    20It 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.

    21But 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.

    22And 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.

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Isaiah 21:1

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burden

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Sense 1: A load carried; a weight, hardship, duty, or responsibility; also a solemn message laid upon a speaker. Sense 2: To weigh down or oppress.

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desert

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1. A wilderness or solitary place. 2. That which is deserved; a due recompence.

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sea

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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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1THE 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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2A 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.

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