10 O [a]my threshing, and the [b]corn of my floor. That which I have heard of the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, have I showed unto you.

11 ¶ The burden of [c]Dumah, he calleth unto me out of [d]Seir, Watchman, what was in the night? Watchman, what was in the night?

12 The watchman said, The [e]morning cometh, and also the night. If ye will as he, inquire: return and come.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:10 Meaning, Babylon.
  2. Isaiah 21:10 Hebrew, son.
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Which was a city of the Ishmaelites, and was so named of Dumah, Gen. 25:14.
  4. Isaiah 21:11 A mountain of the Idumeans.
  5. Isaiah 21:12 He describeth the unquietness of the people of Dumah, who were night and day in fear of their enemies, and ever ran to and fro to inquire news.

10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(A)
    I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
    from the God of Israel.

A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(B)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(C)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12 The watchman replies,
    “Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
    and come back yet again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.