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And look at this! A man’s a chariot is coming,
    a pair of horsemen!”

Then[a] he responded and said,

“It has fallen! Babylon has fallen!
    And all the images of her gods are[b] smashed on the ground!”
10 My downtrodden people
    and the son of my threshing floor,

I will announce to you what I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel.

Oracle regarding Dumah

11 The oracle of Dumah:

One is calling to me from Seir,

“Watchman, what of[c] the night?
    Watchman, what of[d] the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:9 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 21:9 Hebrew “is”
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”
  4. Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”

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?”

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Footnotes

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