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The (A)watchmen who go about in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.

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For thus the Lord says to me,

“Go, station the lookout, let him (A)declare what he sees.
Indeed, he shall see (B)riders, horsemen in pairs,
Riders of donkeys, riders of camels,
So let him pay close attention, very close attention.”

Then [a]the lookout called,

(C)O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; M.T. he called like a lion

Oracles Concerning Dumah and Arabia

11 The [a]oracle concerning [b](A)Dumah.

One keeps calling to me from (B)Seir,
“Watchman, [c]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [d]how far gone is the night?”
12 The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Or burden of
  2. Isaiah 21:11 Lit Silence; Gr Edom
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
  4. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?