Oracles about Edom and Arabia

11 The [a]oracle concerning [b](A)Edom.

One keeps calling to me from (B)Seir,
“Watchman, [c]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [d]how far gone is the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Or burden
  2. Isaiah 21:11 So the Gr; Heb Dumah, silence
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
  4. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?

A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(A)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(B)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Footnotes

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

Observances of Fasts

58 (A)Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their (B)transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

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True Fasting

58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
    Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
    and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)

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And the Lord has sent to you all His (A)servants the prophets [a]again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:4 Lit rising early and sending

And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(A) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(B)

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17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a (A)watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, (B)warn them from Me.

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17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(A) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(B)

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God Answers the Prophet

I will (A)stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will (B)keep watch to see (C)what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply [a]when I am reproved.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Lit upon my reproof

I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked