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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?
12 The watchman said:
    Morning is coming, but night is coming again.
    If you want to ask, go ahead and ask.
    Then return! Come back again.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah is a pun on the name Edom. In Hebrew dumah means silence.