KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
A prophecy about the desert by the sea. Like powerful windstorms that sweep through the southern region, so this judgment comes from the desert, from a fearsome land.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is announcing that God's judgment is coming like a devastating storm from a terrifying desert place.
📚 Historical Context
This prophecy refers to Babylon, which Isaiah calls 'the desert of the sea' because it was built in a marshy region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that could appear like a sea of reeds. The 'terrible land' likely refers to the Medes and Persians who would come from the east to destroy Babylon around 539 BC.
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