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Oracle regarding Dumah

11 The oracle of Dumah:

One is calling to me from Seir,

“Watchman, what of[a] the night?
    Watchman, what of[b] the night?”

12 The watchman says,

“Morning comes,
    and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
    come back again.”[c]

Oracle against Arabia

13 An oracle concerning[d] Arabia:

You will spend the night in the thicket in a desert-plateau,[e]
    caravans of Dedanites.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”
  2. Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”
  3. Isaiah 21:12 Literally “return come”
  4. Isaiah 21:13 Literally “in”
  5. Isaiah 21:13 The Hebrew for “in a desert-plateau” is the same as for “concerning Arabia” in the preceding line