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The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
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Babylon's Prophetic Nickname
Commentators unanimously identify "the wilderness of the sea" as a symbolic name for Babylon. The term "wilderness" or "plain" refers to its flat geography and its prophesied desolation, while "sea" points to the mighty Euphrates River and its surrounding marshlands, which often flooded the region like a literal sea.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The burden - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1).
Of the desert - There have been almost as many interpretations of this expression …
19th Century
Anglican
The burden of the desert of the sea ... — The title of the prophecy is obviously taken from the catch-word “the desert” t…
16th Century
Protestant
The burden of the desert of the sea. The Prophet, after having taught that their hope ought to be placed not on the Egyptians but on the m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The burden of the desert of the sea That this is a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon is clear from the express …
Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppressed Israel by taking their goods, e…
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