Isaiah 21:12

I, the watchman, replied, “It will soon be morning, but after that, it will soon be night again. If you want to inquire again about what will happen in our country, come back and inquire again.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

In Context

11I received this message from Yahweh about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”

13I received this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan town in northwest Arabia, who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.

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Cross References

Isaiah 17:14And, even though you people of Israel will be terrified, in the morning your enemies will all be gone/dead. That is what will happen to those who invade our land and then steal our possessions.

Jeremiah 42:19You little group of people of Judah who are still alive, listen to me: Yahweh has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ So do not forget what I have warned you today.

Ezekiel 7:5This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “You will soon experience many terrible disasters!

Ezekiel 7:12Now is the time; that day has arrived.

Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, you Israeli people [MTY], I, Yahweh the Lord, will judge each of you according to what you have done. Repent! Turn away from all your wicked behavior! Then you will not be destroyed [PRS] because of your sins.

Acts 2:37When the people heard what Peter said, they felt very guilty [IDM]. So they asked him and the other apostles, “Fellow-countrymen, what should we (exc) do so that God will forgive us?”

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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