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

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

13 ¶ The burden against Arabia. In [d]the forest of Arabia shall ye tarry all night, even in the ways of Dedanites.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Which was a city of the Ishmaelites, and was so named of Dumah, Gen. 25:14.
  2. Isaiah 21:11 A mountain of the Idumeans.
  3. 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.
  4. Isaiah 21:13 For fear, the Arabians shall flee into the woods, and he appointeth what way they shall take.

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