Isaiah 21:1
This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea:
What it says
A burden comes against the desert by the sea like a storm rushing in from the south.
What it is doing
This verse opens the chapter with ominous momentum and place imagery.
In context
1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: 2A dire vision is declared to me: 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 4My heart falters; 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, 6For this is what the Lord says to me: 7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, 8Then the lookout shouted: 9Look, here come the riders, 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,