Isaiah 21:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

burden. The fifth of the seven burdens.

of. relating to. Genitive of Relation. App-17.

the sea. The waters of the Euphrates in flood were so called, as the Nile was (Isaiah 19:6). Compare Revelation 17:3; Revelation 17:15.

whirlwinds. storms.

pass. sweep.

Isaiah 21:1

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.