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Isaiah 21:11

DumahSeir

9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
KJV
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
WEB
The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
ASV
The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
DARBY
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
BLB
The burden of Dumah: To me one is calling from Seir: “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
ÅB
Utsagn om Duma[^5]. Til meg roper de fra Se'ir: Vekter! Hvor langt er det på natten? Vekter! Hvor langt er det på natten?
OTB
En kunngjøring om Edom: Noen roper til meg fra Seir, “Vaktmann, hva er igjen av natten? Vaktmann, hva er igjen av natten?”
B1930
Utsagn om Duma. Til mig roper de fra Se'ir: Vekter! Hvor langt er det på natten? Vekter! Hvor langt er det på natten? / < d.e. dødsstillhet; således kalles her Edom på grunn av den fullstendige ødeleggelse som skal ramme det.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 25:14

    Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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  • Obadiah 1:1–16

    This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom— We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

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  • Amos 1:6

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

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  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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  • 1 Chronicles 1:30

    Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

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  • Genesis 32:3

    Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:5

    Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

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  • Jeremiah 49:7–22

    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

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