Isaiah 21:13
The prophecy against the Arabians. In the thickets of Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedan!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12The watchman saith: “Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!”
Cross References
Isaiah 13:20It shall never more be inhabited; Nor shall it be dwelt in through all generations. Nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there, Nor shall shepherds make their folds there.
Jeremiah 25:24and to all the kings of Arabia, and to all the kings of the allied people who dwell in the desert;
Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, And spoil the sons of the East!
Ezekiel 27:20Dedan brought cloth for riding, in traffic with thee.
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 →