The Persian Advance on Babylon
Isaiah 21:1-10
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.…


(vers. 7, 9): — It is a slight but obvious coincidence of prophecy and history that Xenophon represents the Persians advancing by two and two.

(J. A. Alexander.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: 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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