Isaiah 21:11

A message about Edom. A voice is calling to me from Seir, asking, “Watchman, what time of night is it? Watchman, what time of night is it?”

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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

10My poor downtrodden people, so badly mistreated, I have told you what I have heard from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel.

12The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but the night is coming again soon. If you want to ask again, then come back and ask.”

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Cross References

Genesis 25:14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

Genesis 32:4He told them, “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau. Your servant Jacob sends you this message. I've been staying with Laban up till now,

Deuteronomy 2:5Don't fight them, for I'm not going to give you any of their land, not even the size of a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau and it belongs to him.

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

Isaiah 21:6This is what the Lord told me: “Go! Have a lookout keep watch, and make sure he reports what he sees.

Isaiah 34:5After my sword has finished what it has to do in the heavens, it will come down on Edom, on the people I have doomed for destruction.

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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