Isaiah 21:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 Now, look! Here come men in chariots pulled by teams of horses.
Then he announced:
Fallen, fallen is Babylon!
All the images of her gods lie broken on the ground.
10 O my people, you who have been threshed like grain on my threshing floor, everything I have heard from the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, I have proclaimed to you.
A Prophecy Against Edom
11 The oracle against Dumah.[a]
Someone calls out to me from Seir,
Watchman, how much of the night remains?
Watchman, how much of the night remains?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:11 Dumah is a pun on the name Edom. In Hebrew dumah means silence.
Isaiah 21:9-11
New International Version
9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(F)
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]:(G)
Someone calls to me from Seir,(H)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.
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