I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

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And the lookout[a](A) shouted,

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
    every night I stay at my post.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text A lion

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

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I have posted watchmen(A) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,(B)

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I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,

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I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace(A) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.(B)

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I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

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16 When I tried to understand(A) all this,
    it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(B) of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.(C)

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16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

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24 While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman(A) went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.

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24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

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In the morning,(A) Lord, you hear my voice;
    in the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly.(B)

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My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me.(A) He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

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Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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12 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(A)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(B)
    “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 wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.

11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

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37 I would give him an account of my every step;(A)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(B))—

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37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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I would find out what he would answer me,(A)
    and consider what he would say to me.
Would he vigorously oppose me?(B)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(C)
There the upright(D) can establish their innocence before him,(E)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(F)

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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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17 When the lookout(A) standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.”

“Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?(B)’”

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17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

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