Isaiah 21:12
The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, || If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”
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In Context
13The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, || O caravans of Dedanim.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14At evening, behold, terror, before morning it is not, || This [is] the portion of our spoilers, || And the lot of our plunderers!
Jeremiah 42:19YHWH has spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: certainly know that I have testified against you today;
Ezekiel 7:5Thus said Lord YHWH: Calamity, a single calamity, behold, it has come.
Ezekiel 7:12The time has come, the day has arrived, || The buyer does not rejoice, || And the seller does not become a mourner, || For wrath [is] to all its multitude.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, I judge each according to his ways, || O house of Israel,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || “Turn back, indeed, turn yourselves back, || From all your transgressions, || And iniquity is not for a stumbling-block to you,
Acts 2:37And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they also say to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, “What will we do, men, brothers?”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:12-13
The Watchman Interrogated. ( b. c. 714.) 11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. This prophecy concerning Dumah is very short, and withal dark and hard to be understood. Some think that Dumah is a part of Arabia, and that the inhabitants descended from Dumah the sixth son of Ishmael, as those of Kedar ( v. 16, 17 ) from Ishmael's second… Read the whole commentary →