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10 My ·people are crushed like grain on the threshing floor [L trampled one, and son of the threshing floor].
    My people, I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts],
    from the God of Israel.

God’s Message to Edom

11 This is a ·message [prophecy; oracle; burden] about Dumah [C another name for Edom, meaning “silence” or “stillness”]:

Someone calls to me from ·Edom [L Seir],
    “Watchman, how much of the night is left?
    Watchman, how much longer will it be night?”
12 The watchman answers,
    “Morning is coming, but then night will come again.
If you ·have something to ask [wish to ask],
    then come back and ask.”

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