Isaiah 21:11

The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

In Context

10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

12The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if all of you will enquire, enquire all of you: return, come.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

Genesis 32:4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall all of you speak unto my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

Isaiah 21:6For thus has the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

Isaiah 34:5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:2-11

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 714.) 1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was… Read the whole commentary →

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