The Meaning of Isaiah 21:13 Explained

Isaiah 21:13

KJV: The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

YLT: The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.

Darby: The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, ye caravans of Dedanites.

ASV: The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

Discover Isaiah 21:13

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 21:13?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 21:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 21:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 21:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The burden  upon Arabia.  In the forest  in Arabia  shall ye lodge,  O ye travelling companies  of Dedanim. 

What does Isaiah 21:13 Mean?

Study Notes

burden
Babylon
The city, Babylon is not in view here, as the immediate context shows. It is important to note the significance of the name when used symbolically. "Babylon" is the Greek form: invariably in the O.T. Hebrew the word is simply Babel, the meaning of which is confusion, and in this sense the word is used symbolically.
(1) In the prophets, when the actual city is not meant, the reference is to the "confusion" into which the whole social order of the world has fallen under Gentile world-domination. (See "Times of the Gentiles," Luke 21:24 ; Revelation 16:14 ; Isaiah 13:4 gives the divine view of the welter of warring Gentile powers. The divine order is given in Isaiah 11. Israel in her own land, the centre of the divine government of the world and channel of the divine blessing; and the Gentiles blessed in association with Israel. Anything else is, politically, mere "babel."
(2) In Revelation 14:8-11 ; Revelation 16:19 the Gentile world-system is in view in connection with Armageddon; Revelation 16:14 ; Revelation 19:21 while in Revelation 17. the reference is to apostate Christianity, destroyed by the nations Revelation 17:16 headed up under the Beast; Daniel 7:8 ; Revelation 19:20 and false prophet. In Isaiah the political Babylon is in view, literally as to the then existing city, and symbolically as to the times of the Gentiles. In the Revelation both the symbolical- political and symbolical-religious Babylon are in view, for there both are alike under the tyranny of the Beast. Religious Babylon is destroyed by political Babylon Revelation 17:16 political Babylon by the appearing of the Lord Revelation 19:19-21 . That Babylon the city is not to be rebuilt is clear from; Isaiah 13:19-22 ; Jeremiah 51:24-26 ; Jeremiah 51:62-64 . By political Babylon is meant the Gentile world-system. (See "World,"; John 7:7 ; Revelation 13:8 ) It may be added that, in Scripture symbolism, Egypt stands for the world as such; Babylon for the world of corrupt power and corrupted religion; Nineveh for the pride, the haughty glory of the world.
A "burden," Heb. massa= a heavy, weighty thing, is a message, or oracle concerning Babylon, Assyria, Jerusalem, etc. It is "heavy" because the wrath of God is in it, and grievous for the prophet to declare.
Babylon
The city, Babylon is not in view here, as the immediate context shows. It is important to note the significance of the name when used symbolically. "Babylon" is the Greek form: invariably in the O.T. Hebrew the word is simply Babel, the meaning of which is confusion, and in this sense the word is used symbolically.
(1) In the prophets, when the actual city is not meant, the reference is to the "confusion" into which the whole social order of the world has fallen under Gentile world-domination. (See "Times of the Gentiles," Luke 21:24 ; Revelation 16:14 ; Isaiah 13:4 gives the divine view of the welter of warring Gentile powers. The divine order is given in Isaiah 11. Israel in her own land, the centre of the divine government of the world and channel of the divine blessing; and the Gentiles blessed in association with Israel. Anything else is, politically, mere "babel."
(2) In Revelation 14:8-11 ; Revelation 16:19 the Gentile world-system is in view in connection with Armageddon; Revelation 16:14 ; Revelation 19:21 while in Revelation 17. the reference is to apostate Christianity, destroyed by the nations Revelation 17:16 headed up under the Beast; Daniel 7:8 ; Revelation 19:20 and false prophet. In Isaiah the political Babylon is in view, literally as to the then existing city, and symbolically as to the times of the Gentiles. In the Revelation both the symbolical- political and symbolical-religious Babylon are in view, for there both are alike under the tyranny of the Beast. Religious Babylon is destroyed by political Babylon Revelation 17:16 political Babylon by the appearing of the Lord Revelation 19:19-21 . That Babylon the city is not to be rebuilt is clear from; Isaiah 13:19-22 ; Jeremiah 51:24-26 ; Jeremiah 51:62-64 . By political Babylon is meant the Gentile world-system. (See "World,"; John 7:7 ; Revelation 13:8 ) It may be added that, in Scripture symbolism, Egypt stands for the world as such; Babylon for the world of corrupt power and corrupted religion; Nineveh for the pride, the haughty glory of the world.

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 21

1  The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people,
6  sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians
11  Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance
13  The set time of Arabia's calamity

What do the individual words in Isaiah 21:13 mean?

The burden against Arabia In the forest in Arabia you will lodge you traveling companies of Dedanites
מַשָּׂ֖א בַּעְרָ֑ב בַּיַּ֤עַר בַּעְרַב֙ תָּלִ֔ינוּ אֹֽרְח֖וֹת דְּדָנִֽים

מַשָּׂ֖א  The  burden 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַשָּׂא 
Sense: load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting.
בַּעְרָ֑ב  against  Arabia 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב 
Sense: steppe-dwellers.
בַּיַּ֤עַר  In  the  forest 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.
בַּעְרַב֙  in  Arabia 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב 
Sense: steppe-dwellers.
תָּלִ֔ינוּ  you  will  lodge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.
אֹֽרְח֖וֹת  you  traveling  companies 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֹרְחָה  
Sense: caravan, travelling company.
דְּדָנִֽים  of  Dedanites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: דְּדָנִי  
Sense: descendants or inhabitants of Dedan.

What are the major concepts related to Isaiah 21:13?

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