Isaiah 21:1
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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.This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
In other translations
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.This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
Hebrew words
מַשָּׂאmasa'[the] oracle ofH4853מִדְבַּר־midbar-[the] wilderness ofH4057יָםyam[the] seaH3220כְּסוּפוֹתkesufotlike storm-windsH5492בַּנֶּגֶבbanegevin the southH5045לַחֲלֹףlachalofto sweep onH2498מִמִּדְבָּרmimidbarfrom [the] wildernessH4057בָּאba'[someone is] comingH935מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom a landH776נוֹרָאָה׃nora'ahto be fearedH3372
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