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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.

  6. Isaiah 17:1Rank 6 from verse 1
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    1THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

  7. Daniel 11:40Rank 7 from verse 1
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    40And 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.

  8. Ezekiel 31:12Rank 8 from verse 1
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    12And 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.

  9. Isaiah 13:4–5Rank 9 from verse 1
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    4The 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.

    5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

  10. Job 37:9Rank 10 from verse 1
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    9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

  11. Ezekiel 30:11Rank 11 from verse 1
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    11He 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.

  12. Isaiah 13:17–18Rank 12 from verse 1
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    17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

    18Their 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.

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Isaiah 21:1

COMBINED MEANING

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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COMBINED MEANING

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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21:1THE 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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21:2A 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.

21:3Therefore 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.

21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

21:7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

21:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

21:9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

21:10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

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