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12     The watchman replies,
“Morning has come, and again night.
    If you will ask, ask; come back again.”

In the Steppe

13     Oracle: in the steppe:[a]
In the thicket in the steppe you will spend the night,
    caravans of Dedanites.
14 Meet the thirsty, bring them water,
    inhabitants of the land of Tema,
    greet the fugitives with bread.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:13–14 In the steppe: the north Arabian steppe where the oases referred to were located. Dedanites: a north Arabian tribe associated with the oasis of Tema; cf. Gn 10:7; 25:3; Jer 25:23.