The burden: The first ten verses of this chapter contain a prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians; which is here denominated "the desert of the sea," because the country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals. Isa 13:1, Isa 17:1 the desert: Isa 13:20-22, Isa 14:23, Jer 51:42 As whirlwinds: Job 37:9, Dan 11:40, Zec 9:14 from: Isa 13:4, Isa 13:5, Isa 13:17, Isa 13:18, Eze 30:11, Eze 31:12 Reciprocal: Psa 79:6 - upon Psa 137:8 - who art Isa 14:6 - is persecuted Jer 23:19 - General Jer 25:12 - that I Jer 50:1 - against Babylon Eze 1:4 - a whirlwind Eze 38:9 - shalt ascend Dan 5:26 - God Nah 1:1 - burden Zec 7:14 - scattered