Isaiah 21:11

A mysterious dialogue

11 An oracle about Dumah. Someone is calling to me from Seir: "Guard, how long is the night? Guard, how long is the night?"

Isaiah 21:11 In-Context

9 Here they come: charioteers, pairs of horsemen!" One spoke up and said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon, and all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground!"
10 Oh, my downtrodden people, threshed on my threshing floor, what I heard from the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, I reported to you.
11 An oracle about Dumah. Someone is calling to me from Seir: "Guard, how long is the night? Guard, how long is the night?"
12 The guard said, "Morning has come, but it is still night. If you must inquire, inquire; come back again."
13 An oracle about the desert. In the woods, in the desert where you camp, caravans of the Dedanites

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