Isaiah 21:1 NIV,NKJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:1

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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:1

THE BURDEN OF BABYLON;THE BURDEN OF EDOM;THE BURDEN OF ARABIAThree "burdens" are delivered by the prophet in this chapter: that of Babylon (Isaiah 21:1-10), that of Edom (Isaiah 21:11-12), and that of Arabia (Isaiah 21:13-17).THE BURDEN OF BABYLON (Isaiah 21:1-10)The critical community as a whole have decided that this prophecy applies to the fall of Babylon to Cyrus and Darius, which occurred long after Isaiah's lifetime; and, of course, in keeping with their crazy rule that there is no such... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Isaiah 21:1. The burden of the desert of the sea.— The sixth discourse contained in this chapter represents, under a mystical name, Babylon, (the rulers whereof made great desolations in the world, and much distressed many other nations as well as the Jews,) besieged and overthrown by the Medes and Persians, after a long and patient expectation hereof by the people of God; and that in the night, when the Babylonians were luxuriously enjoying themselves; an event most pleasing and joyful to the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

1. desert—the champaign between Babylon and Persia; it was once a desert, and it was to become so again. of the sea—The plain was covered with the water of the Euphrates like a "sea" (Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 51:36; so Isaiah 11:15, the Nile), until Semiramis raised great dams against it. Cyrus removed these dykes, and so converted the whole country again into a vast desert marsh. whirlwinds in the south— (Job 37:9; Zechariah 9:14). The south wind comes upon Babylon from the deserts of Arabia,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1

This oracle concerns the wilderness of the sea. This enigmatic title probably refers to the flat Mesopotamian plain northwest of the Persian Gulf, which the Assyrian and Babylonian empires occupied (cf. Isaiah 21:9). This area would become a wilderness because of God’s judgment. The oracle came as a sirocco (a hot, desert wind) from the Negev, a region infamous in Judah for its barrenness and heat. The destruction coming on Babylonia from a terrifying land would be similar to the devastation... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1-10

The second oracle against Babylon 21:1-10This is a message of the destruction of the anti-God religious and commercial system that Babylon has symbolized throughout history (cf. Revelation 17-18). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 21:1-10

Vision of Babylon’s FallThe subject of this section is the siege of Babylon, and the dismay with which the prophet receives tidings of its fall. The siege referred to can scarcely be the one at the close of the exile, as is maintained by many scholars, because (a) the prophet is much depressed at the thought of Babylon’s fall, which he foresees will involve calamity for Judah (Isaiah 21:2-4, Isaiah 21:10); (b) distance from Babylon is presupposed (Isaiah 21:6-9); and (c) Assyrian researches... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 21:1

XXI.(1) The burden of the desert of the sea . . .—The title of the prophecy is obviously taken from the catch-word of “the desert” that follows. The “sea” has been explained (1) as the Euphrates, just as in Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 19:5, it appears as used of the Nile (Cheyne). (2) As pointing to the surging flood of the mingled myriads of its population. (3) Xenophon’s description of the whole plain of the Euphrates, intersected by marshes and lakes, as looking like a sea affords, perhaps, a better... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 21:1-17

Twilight and Trembling Isaiah 21:4 You all know that the twilight is a great wizard. I do not know whether you have ever thought to analyse its subtle power. If you have, I think you will have found that the spell of the twilight lies quite as much in what it hides from us as in what it reveals. It casts a filmy veil of indistinctness over all things we see softening their hardness, dealing gently with their defects, making such beauty as they possess more suggestive and idealistic. The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-10

CHAPTER XIDRIFTING TO EGYPT720-705 13. B.C.Isaiah 20:1-6; Isaiah 21:1-10; Isaiah 38:1-22; Isaiah 39:1-8FROM 720, when chapter 11 may have been published, to 705-or, by rough reckoning, from the fortieth to the fifty-fifth year of Isaiah’s life-we cannot be sure that we have more than one prophecy from him; but two narratives have found a place in his book which relate events that must have taken place between 712 and 705. These narratives are chapter 20: How Isaiah Walked Stripped and Barefoot... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1-10

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 21:1-10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 21:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 21:1-17

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-10

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