Isaiah 21:12

אָמַר שֹׁמֵר אָתָה בֹקֶר וְגַם ־ לָיְלָה אִם ־ תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ שֻׁבוּ אֵתָֽיוּ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

11מַשָּׂא דּוּמָה אֵלַי קֹרֵא מִשֵּׂעִיר שֹׁמֵר מַה ־ מִלַּיְלָה שֹׁמֵר מַה ־ מִלֵּֽיל ׃

13מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ אֹֽרְחוֹת דְּדָנִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 17:14לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה בַלָּהָה בְּטֶרֶם בֹּקֶר אֵינֶנּוּ זֶה חֵלֶק שׁוֹסֵינוּ וְגוֹרָל לְבֹזְזֵֽינוּ ׃ ס

Jeremiah 42:19דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם שְׁאֵרִית יְהוּדָה אַל ־ תָּבֹאוּ מִצְרָיִם יָדֹעַ תֵּֽדְעוּ כִּי ־ הַעִידֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּֽוֹם ׃

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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