Isaiah 21:11

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

11 The oracle concerning 1Edom. One keeps calling to me from 2Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"

Isaiah 21:11 In-Context

9 "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
10 O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
11 The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
12 The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
13 The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.

Cross References 2

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or "burden"
  • [b]. So the Gr; Heb "Dumah, silence"
  • [c]. Lit "what" is the time "of the night?"
  • [d]. Lit "what" is the time "of the night?"
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