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Oracles about Edom and Arabia

11 The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([a]a burden to be carried) concerning Dumah (Edom):

Someone keeps calling to me from Seir (Edom),
“Watchman, what is left of the night [of Assyrian oppression]?
Watchman, what is left of the night? [How long until morning?]”
12 
The watchman says,
“The morning comes [only briefly], but also [comes] the night [of Babylonian oppression].
If you would ask [of me then], ask [again, if Edom really wishes to know];
Come back again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.

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