Isaiah 21:12
Said the watchman, There cometh a morning. But also a night,—If ye will enquire, enquire, ye—Come, again!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13The oracle on Arabia,—Among the shrubs in Arabia, must ye lodge, Ye caravans of Dedanites.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.
Jeremiah 42:19Yahweh hath spoken concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Do not enter into Egypt: Know certainly, that I have taken you to witness to-day.
Ezekiel 7:5Thus saith My Lord Yahweh:A calamity, a sole calamity, lo! it hath come.
Ezekiel 7:12The time hath come. The day hath arrived, The buyer, let him not rejoice, and The seller, let him not mourn,— For indignation, is against all her multitude.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Return ye—and make good your return—from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling block of iniquity.
Acts 2:37And, when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles—What are we to do, brethren?
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 →