The Fall of Babylon Proclaimed

21 The [a]burden against the Wilderness of the Sea.

As (A)whirlwinds in the South pass through,
So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:1 oracle, prophecy

A Prophecy Against Babylon

21 A prophecy(A) against the Desert(B) by the Sea:

Like whirlwinds(C) sweeping through the southland,(D)
    an invader comes from the desert,
    from a land of terror.

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19 Behold, a (A)whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury—
A violent whirlwind!
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.

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19 See, the storm(A) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(B) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

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32 Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Behold, disaster shall go forth
From nation to nation,
And (A)a great whirlwind shall be raised up
From the farthest parts of the earth.

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32 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Look! Disaster(A) is spreading
    from nation to nation;(B)
a mighty storm(C) is rising
    from the ends of the earth.”(D)

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11 say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. (A)There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.

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11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(A) hurtling down,(B) and violent winds will burst forth.(C)

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.

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13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(A) and torrents of rain(B) will fall with destructive fury.(C)

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