BƲrden] Chap. 13. 1. the desert of the sea] Chaldea, and Babylon, so called, of the great meers in that region: for such in Scripture are called Seas, John 6:1. &John 21:1. Or, because it was to be destroyed, and made a pool of water, chap. 14. 23. Jeremiah 51:42. south] Or, heath. or, wast, dry land, Joshua 15:19. Jeremiah 17:26. such as the Southern parts are wont to be, lying neer to the scorching heat of the Sunne. passe through] There being nothing there to hinder, or restrain them. Jeremiah 4:11. it cometh] the ruine of Babylon, by the Medes and Persians, breaking in fiercely and furiously upon them, Jer. 50. 42, 44. and 51. 28, 30. the desert] Lying between Media and Babylon.