Isaiah 21:1

New Living Translation

This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

Cross References

Job 37:9

The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.

Isaiah 13:1

Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

Isaiah 13:13

For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”

Isaiah 14:1

But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.

Isaiah 14:14

I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’

Isaiah 14:23

“I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”

Isaiah 17:1

This message came to me concerning Damascus: “Look, the city of Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 47:1

“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.

Jeremiah 51:1

This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.

Jeremiah 51:51

“We are ashamed,” the people say. “We are insulted and disgraced because the Lord’s Temple has been defiled by foreigners.”

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.

Ezekiel 30:11

He and his armies—the most ruthless of all— will be sent to demolish the land. They will make war against Egypt until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.

Ezekiel 31:12

A foreign army—the terror of the nations—has cut it down and left it fallen on the ground. Its branches are scattered across the mountains and valleys and ravines of the land. All those who lived in its shadow have gone away and left it lying there.

Ezekiel 38:9

You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Daniel 11:40

“Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the king of the north. The king of the north will storm out with chariots, charioteers, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood.

Zechariah 9:14

The Lord will appear above his people; his arrows will fly like lightning! The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.