Isaiah 21:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ My people, you have been crushed
    like grain on a threshing floor.
But now I’m telling you the good news I’ve heard.
    It comes from the Lord who rules over all.
    He is the God of Israel.

Someone is calling out to me from the land of Seir. He says,
    “Guard, when will the night be over?
    Guard, how soon will it end?”
¹² The guard answers,
    “Morning is coming, but the night will return.
If you want to ask again,
    come back and ask.”