Isaiah 21:13
Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Dedan.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest inquire, inquire, and dwell by me.
14Ye that dwell in the country of Tema, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;
Cross References
1 Kings 10:15Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the country beyond the river, and of the princes of the land.
1 Chronicles 1:32And the sons of Keturah Abraham’s concubine—and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan; Dedan, and Sheba;
Isaiah 13:20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.
Ezekiel 27:20The people of Dedan were thy merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
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 →