10 My people who are crushed on the threshing-floor,
    I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
    from the God of Israel.

A prophecy against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah:[a]

Someone calls to me from Seir,
    ‘Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?’
12 The watchman replies,
    ‘Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
    and come back yet again.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a word play on Edom, means silence or stillness.