Isaiah 21:12
The watchman saith: “Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!”
Noyes Bible
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In Context
13The prophecy against the Arabians. In the thickets of Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedan!
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14At the time of evening, behold, terror! Before morning, behold, they are no more! This is the portion of them that spoil us, And the lot of them that plunder us.
Jeremiah 42:19This is the word of Jehovah to you, ye remnant of Judah! Go ye not into Egypt; ye shall surely know that I have warned you this day.
Ezekiel 7:5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an unheard-of evil, behold, it cometh!
Ezekiel 7:12The time cometh, the day draweth near! Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn; For wrath is against their whole multitude.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Turn ye, turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not be your ruin.
Acts 2:37And when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what must we do?
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 →