Isaiah 21:13

This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

In Context

12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

1 Chronicles 1:32The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

Jeremiah 25:24all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!

Ezekiel 27:20Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths 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 →

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