--- title: "Isaiah 21 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Isaiah 21 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 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. 2 A grievous vision is" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/21" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/21)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/21)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/21) Audio 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. 2 A 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.* 3 Therefore 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*. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.** 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, *and* anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7 And 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: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:** 9 And, 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. 10 O 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.* 11 ¶ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. 13 ¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.* 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.* 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken *it*.* [Isaiah 20](/study/isaiah/20) [Isaiah 22](/study/isaiah/22) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Isa 21:1](/kjv/isa/21/1) 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. Ver. 1. **The burden of the desert of the sea,** ] *i.e.,* Of Babylon,[Isa 21:9](/kjv/-isa/21/9) which is here called a sea, because situated by many waters, [Jeremiah 51:13](/kjv/jeremiah/51/13) *;*[Jer 51:36](/kjv/-jer/51/36) and the desert or plain of the sea, because it stood in a plain,[Gen 11:2](/kjv/-gen/11/2) or was to be turned into a desert. See [Isaiah 13:1-22](/kjv/isaiah/13/1-22) ;[Isa 14:1-32](/kjv/-isa/14/1-32) [Jeremiah 51:1-64](/kjv/jeremiah/51/1-64) . It is so often prophesied against; (1.) For the comfort of God’s people, who were to suffer hard and heavy things from this city; (2.) For a caution to them not to trust in such a tottering state. A Lapide saith, that about the time of this prophecy, Hezekiah was making a league and amity with Merodach, king of Babylon, to whose ambassadors he had showed all his treasures, and was well shent for it.[2Ki 20:12](/kjv/-2ki/20/12) To take him off which design, the ruin of Babylon is here before prophesied. As whirlwinds in the south *a* pass through.] *Patentibus campis, ac locis arenosis, vehementissimo impetu cuncta prosternentes,* without stop or stay, bearing down all before them, covering whole armies with sand sometimes, and destroying theirs. **** **So it cometh.** ] Or, So he cometh, that is, Cyrus with his armies; *Vastator Babyloniae,* he cometh fiercely and furiously. **** **From the wilderness.** ] From Persia, which is desert in many places, especially toward Babylon. **** **From a terrible land.** ] From Media, the people whereof were barbarous and brutish, skilful to destroy. Nitocris, queen of Babylon, feared a hostile irruption from this land, did her utmost to prevent it, but that would not be. *b* *a* Pliny saith the greatest tempests at sea come from the South. *b* Herodot. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/21#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/21#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/21","name":"Isaiah 21 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/21#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Isaiah 21 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 The burden of the desert of the sea. 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