Isaiah 21:1
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“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.”Isaiah 21:1
What Does Isaiah 21:1 Mean?
Isaiah 21:1 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 21, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 21:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 14:23“I 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.”Isaiah 13:1“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”Jeremiah 51:42“The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.”Psalms 137:8“O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.”Jeremiah 23:19“Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.”Zechariah 9:14“And 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.”Job 37:9“Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.”Isaiah 13:20“It 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.”Isaiah 17:1“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”Ezekiel 1:4“And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.”Daniel 11:40“And 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.”Psalms 79:6“Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.”Isaiah 5:28“Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:”Isaiah 13:4“The 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.”Isaiah 14:6“He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.”Jeremiah 50:1“The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.”Ezekiel 31:12“And 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.”Ezekiel 38:9“Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.”Daniel 5:26“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.”Zechariah 7:14“But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.”
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