10 O [a]my threshing, and the [b]corn of my floor. That which I have heard of the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, have I showed unto you.

11 ¶ The burden of [c]Dumah, he calleth unto me out of [d]Seir, Watchman, what was in the night? Watchman, what was in the night?

12 The watchman said, The [e]morning cometh, and also the night. If ye will as he, inquire: return and come.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:10 Meaning, Babylon.
  2. Isaiah 21:10 Hebrew, son.
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Which was a city of the Ishmaelites, and was so named of Dumah, Gen. 25:14.
  4. Isaiah 21:11 A mountain of the Idumeans.
  5. Isaiah 21:12 He describeth the unquietness of the people of Dumah, who were night and day in fear of their enemies, and ever ran to and fro to inquire news.

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