Isa 21:1 | TNotes | STEP | 21:1 concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: This description of Babylon was perhaps an ironic way to say that the land was physically lush but spiritually desolate. • Disaster ... from the desert: Literally from the desert, from the terrifying land (cp. Deut 8:15 ).

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‏ Isaiah 21:1

21:1 ^a concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: This description of Babylon was perhaps an ironic way to say that the land was physically lush but spiritually desolate.

• Disaster ... from the desert: Literally from the desert, from the terrifying land (cp. Deut 8:15 ^b).