Lux Domini
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.

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Interpretation

Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretold in the Revelation.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 21:1-4.

Glossary

Babylon Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
Negeb Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.