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Look, I see a man coming in a chariot
    with a team of horses.”
The man gives back the answer,
    “Babylon has fallen. It has fallen!
All the statues of her gods
    lie broken on the ground.”
10 My people are crushed like grain on the threshing floor.
    My people, I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord All-Powerful,
    from the God of Israel.

God’s Message to Edom

11 This is a message about Dumah:[a]

Someone calls to me from Edom,
    “Watchman, how much of the night is left?
    Watchman, how much longer will it be night?”

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Footnotes

  1. 21:11 Dumah Another name for Edom.

Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
    lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”

10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(F)
    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]:(G)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(H)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Footnotes

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