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Isaiah 21:13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
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In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The pronouncement about Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, You caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, Caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A pronouncement concerning Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />An oracle against Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This is a message for Arabs who live in the barren desert in the region of Dedan: You must order your caravans<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is the divine revelation about Arabia. You caravan of travelers from the people of Dedan will spend the night in the forest of Arabia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is a message about Arabia. People of Dedan, you whose caravans camp in the barren country of Arabia,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />A message concerning Arabia. "You will camp in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of the Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye traveling companies of Dedanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, "" O caravans of Dedanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The burden of Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, ye wayfarers of Dedanim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Oracle: in the steppe: In the thicket in the steppe you will spend the night, caravans of Dedanites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The oracle concerning the desert plain. In the scrub of the desert plain you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The prophecy concerning Arabia. In the evening you shall lodge in the forest, in the highway of Dornim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The burden of Arabia: "In the evening you shall dwell in the forest, in the road of Durnim<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/21-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4308" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/21.htm">A Prophecy Against Arabia</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4853.htm" title="4853: maś·śā (N-ms) -- From nasa'; a burden; specifically, tribute, or porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire.">This is the burden</a> <a href="/hebrew/6152.htm" title="6152: ba‘·rāḇ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or marab; from arab in the figurative sense of sterility; Arab, a country East of Palestine.">against Arabia:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: bay·ya·‘ar (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">In the thickets</a> <a href="/hebrew/6152.htm" title="6152: ba‘·raḇ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or marab; from arab in the figurative sense of sterility; Arab, a country East of Palestine.">of Arabia</a> <a href="/hebrew/3885.htm" title="3885: tā·lî·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- Or liyn; a primitive root; to stop; by implication, to stay permanently; hence to be obstinate.">you must lodge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/736.htm" title="736: ’ō·rə·ḥō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A traveling company, caravan. Feminine active participle of 'arach; a caravan.">O caravans</a> <a href="/hebrew/1720.htm" title="1720: də·ḏā·nîm (N-proper-mp) -- Desc. or inhab. of Dedan. Plural of Ddan; Dedanites, the descendants or inhabitants of Dedan.">of Dedanites.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-23.htm">Jeremiah 25:23-24</a></span><br />Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; / all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Ezekiel 25:13</a></span><br />therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Jeremiah 49:28-29</a></span><br />Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! / They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Genesis 25:13-16</a></span><br />These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, / Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/6-19.htm">Job 6:19</a></span><br />The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Jeremiah 49:31-32</a></span><br />Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone. / Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/120-5.htm">Psalm 120:5</a></span><br />Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-29.htm">1 Chronicles 1:29-31</a></span><br />These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, / Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm">Isaiah 42:11</a></span><br />Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10</a></span><br />Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm">Ezekiel 27:21</a></span><br />Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1</a></span><br />After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-9.htm">Acts 2:9-11</a></span><br />Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, / Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, / both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-17.htm">Galatians 1:17</a></span><br />nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a></span><br />So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanim.</p><p class="hdg">Arabia</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm">1 Kings 10:15</a></b></br> Beside <i>that he had</i> of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-23.htm">Jeremiah 25:23,24</a></b></br> Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all <i>that are</i> in the utmost corners, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Jeremiah 49:28-33</a></b></br> Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east… </p><p class="hdg">o ye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-20.htm">Isaiah 13:20</a></b></br> It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Genesis 25:3</a></b></br> And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/1-9.htm">1 Chronicles 1:9,32</a></b></br> And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/9-14.htm">Arabia</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Caravans</a> <a href="/songs/6-13.htm">Companies</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-12.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/39-9.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Oracle</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm">Spend</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-14.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/songs/3-7.htm">Traveling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-25.htm">Travelling</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Woods</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Arabia</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-3.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Caravans</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Companies</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Oracle</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-15.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Spend</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Traveling</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Travelling</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Woods</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm">sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">The set time of Arabia's calamity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is the burden against Arabia:</b><br>This phrase introduces a prophecy or oracle concerning Arabia, a region inhabited by various tribes. In biblical times, Arabia was known for its vast deserts and nomadic tribes. The term "burden" often signifies a message of judgment or a heavy pronouncement from God. This prophecy is part of a series of oracles against nations surrounding Israel, indicating God's sovereignty over all nations. Arabia's mention here highlights its significance in the ancient Near East and its interactions with Israel.<p><b>In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge:</b><br>The "thickets of Arabia" refers to the dense, often impenetrable areas within the desert regions. This imagery suggests a place of refuge or hiding, possibly due to impending danger or threat. The command to "lodge" implies a temporary stay, indicating a period of unrest or instability. Historically, the Arabian tribes were known for their nomadic lifestyle, moving through the desert for trade and sustenance. This phrase may symbolize a disruption in their usual patterns, possibly due to military threats or divine judgment.<p><b>O caravans of Dedanites:</b><br>The Dedanites were a tribe known for their trading caravans, which traveled through Arabia and beyond. Dedan is often associated with trade routes that connected the Arabian Peninsula with other parts of the ancient world, including Israel. The mention of caravans suggests economic activity and the movement of goods, which were vital for survival in the desert. This phrase may indicate that the Dedanites, despite their wealth and mobility, would face challenges or disruptions. In a broader biblical context, Dedan is mentioned in other prophetic books, such as Ezekiel, where it is associated with trade and commerce. The reference here underscores the interconnectedness of the ancient world and the impact of divine pronouncements on all nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/arabia.htm">Arabia</a></b><br>A region in the ancient Near East, often associated with the Arabian Peninsula. In this context, it represents a place of judgment and prophecy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/dedanites.htm">Dedanites</a></b><br>A tribe or group of people known for their trading caravans. Dedan was a descendant of Abraham through Keturah, and the Dedanites were known for their commerce and travel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/thickets_of_arabia.htm">Thickets of Arabia</a></b><br>Refers to the dense, often inhospitable areas within Arabia. It symbolizes a place of temporary refuge or hiding, possibly due to impending danger or judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy against Arabia reminds us that God is sovereign over all nations and peoples. His plans and purposes extend beyond Israel to encompass the entire world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_human_security.htm">The Transience of Human Security</a></b><br>The Dedanites, known for their trade and wealth, are depicted as needing to lodge in thickets, symbolizing the fleeting nature of human security and prosperity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_seek_refuge_in_god.htm">The Call to Seek Refuge in God</a></b><br>Just as the Dedanites sought temporary refuge, we are reminded to seek our ultimate refuge in God, who provides true safety and security.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_heeding_prophetic_warnings.htm">The Importance of Heeding Prophetic Warnings</a></b><br>The burden against Arabia serves as a warning to heed God's prophetic messages. Ignoring such warnings can lead to dire consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision_during_uncertain_times.htm">Trust in God's Provision During Uncertain Times</a></b><br>The image of lodging in thickets can be seen as a metaphor for trusting God's provision and guidance during times of uncertainty and trial.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_animals_were_on_the_ark.htm">What does the Bible say about Arabs?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'rod_and_staff_comfort'_mean.htm">Who are the descendants of Ishmael?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_abraham_plan_to_sacrifice_isaac.htm">Why did Abraham prepare to sacrifice his son Isaac?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_arabs.htm">What does the Bible say about Arabs?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The burden upon Arabia.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">of the evening land. </span>Here, again, the prophet alters the form of the word (<span class= "ital">Arab </span>into <span class= "ital">Ereb</span>) so as to convey a mystic meaning. The land of which he is about to speak is a land of shadow and of gloom. Evening is falling on it. It is a question whether the second Arabia is to retain its geographical form or to be translated "evening," as before. In any case, of course, Arabia is the country spoken of. The "Dedanites" appear in <a href="/jeremiah/49-8.htm" title="Flee you, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I will visit him.">Jeremiah 49:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm" title="Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.">Ezekiel 25:13</a>, and seem from <a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm" title="The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.">Ezekiel 27:15</a> to have been dwelling in the neighbourhood of the Edomites (<a href="/jeremiah/49-8.htm" title="Flee you, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I will visit him.">Jeremiah 49:8</a>) as a commercial people trading with Tyre in ebony and ivory. The point of the oracle against them is that they shall be compelled by the presence of the Assyrian armies to leave the main lines of their traffic, probably, as before, on their way westward to Tyre, and to take bye-paths, pitching their tents not near towns and villages, but in the low brushwood of the wilderness.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-17.</span> - THE BURDEN OF ARABIA. Edom will have companions in misfortune among the Arab tribes upon her borders, Dedan, Tema, and Kedar. War will enter their territory, derange their commerce (ver. 13), cause flight and privation (vers. 14, 15), and within a year greatly diminish the number of their fighting men (vers. 16, 17). The date of the prophecy is uncertain, but can scarcely be earlier than <span class="date">B.C. 715</span>, when Sargon made an expedition into Arabia (O. Smith, 'Eponym Canon,' p. 66). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The burden upon Arabia</span>; rather, <span class="accented">in Arabia</span>. The phrase is varied from its usual form, probably because it is not Arabia generally, but only certain of the more northern tribes, on whom calamity is about to fall. <span class="cmt_word">In the forest... shall ye lodge</span>. The word used is commonly translated "forest;" but Arabia has no forests, and the meaning here must be "brushwood." Thorny bushes and shrubs are common in all parts of Arabia. The general meaning is that the caravans will have to leave the beaten track, and obtain such shelter and concealment as the scanty brushwood of the desert could afford. <span class="cmt_word">Ye traveling companies of Dedanim.</span> The Dedanim, or Dedanites, were among the chief traders of the Arabian peninsula. They had commercial dealings with Tyre, which they supplied with ivory, ebony, and "precious clothes for chariots" (<a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm">Ezekiel 27:15, 20</a>). This trade they carried on by means of large caravans - the "travelling companies" of the present passage. They are thought to have had their chief <span class="accented">settlements</span> on the shores of the Persian Gulf, where the island of Dadan may be an echo of their name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/21-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[This is] an oracle</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשָּׂ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(maś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4853.htm">Strong's 4853: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">concerning Arabia:</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעְרָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ba‘·rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6152.htm">Strong's 6152: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arabia -- 'steppe-dwellers', a country East of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">In the thickets</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיַּ֤עַר</span> <span class="translit">(bay·ya·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm">Strong's 3293: </a> </span><span class="str2">A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Arabia</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעְרַב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ba‘·raḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6152.htm">Strong's 6152: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arabia -- 'steppe-dwellers', a country East of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must lodge,</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּלִ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tā·lî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3885.htm">Strong's 3885: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O caravans</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹֽרְח֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·rə·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_736.htm">Strong's 736: </a> </span><span class="str2">A traveling company, caravan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Dedanites.</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּדָנִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḏā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1720.htm">Strong's 1720: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dedanites -- descendants or inhabitants of Dedan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 21:13 The burden on Arabia (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/21-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 21:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 21:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 21:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 21:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>