Isaiah 21:13
The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, || O caravans of Dedanim.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
12The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, || If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”
Cross References
1 Kings 10:15apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.
1 Chronicles 1:32And sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
Isaiah 13:20She does not sit forever, || Nor continue to many generations, || Nor does Arab pitch tent there, || And shepherds do not lie down there.
Jeremiah 25:24And all the kings of Arabia, || And all the kings of the mixed people, || Who are dwelling in the wilderness,
Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has struck: “Thus said YHWH: Arise, go up to Kedar, || And spoil the sons of the east.
Ezekiel 27:20Dedan [is] your merchant, || For clothes of freedom for riding.
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 →