Isaiah 21:12
The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!
Jeremiah 42:19'Jehovah hath spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: know certainly that I have testified against you to-day;
Ezekiel 7:5Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Evil, a single evil, lo, it hath come.
Ezekiel 7:12Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath [is] unto all its multitude.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,
Acts 2:37And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, 'What shall we do, men, 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 →