Isaiah 21:11

The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

In Context

10O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.

12The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:14And Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

Genesis 32:4And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

Deuteronomy 2:5Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema,

Isaiah 21:6For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

Isaiah 34:5For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:2-11

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 714.) 1 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. 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was… Read the whole commentary →

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