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11 The burden of Dumah.

One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?” 12 The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

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A Message about Dumah

11 A message[a] concerning Dumah.

“Someone is calling to me from Seir:
    ‘Watchman, what is left of the night?[b]
        Watchman, what is left of the night?’[c]
12 The watchman replies:
    ‘Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you want to ask, then ask;
    come back again.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Lit. An oracle
  2. Isaiah 21:11 Or What time of night?
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Or What time of night?