Isaiah 21:11

Translations

Modern

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

Traditional

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

Literal

The burden of Dumah: To me one is calling from Seir: “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

Latin

Onus Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?

Original

Hebrew

English

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

Notes

Isaiah 21:11–12

Seir: This refers to the mountainous region of Edom.
Watchman, what is left of the night: Edom's suffering would last a long time. The Assyrians controlled the ancient Near East during the 700s and 600s BC.

Isaiah 21:11–17

These two prophecies are about Edom and Arabia, located between Babylon and Israel. These regions suffered under Assyrian control. Like Judah, they would not find peace under Babylon's harsh rule.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Genesis 25:14
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Obadiah 1:1–16
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
Amos 1:6
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Isaiah 21:6
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
Jeremiah 37:17
Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
Isaiah 34:1–17
Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
Jeremiah 49:7–22
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
1 Chronicles 1:30
Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Ezekiel 35:1–15
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Parallels

Isaiah 34:5–17

Places

Dumah: A city or region in Arabia, recipient of a prophetic oracle Seir: Region inhabited by Edomites, descendants of Esau

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Dumah (Place) Isaiah, Book of Watchman

Topics

Cities: Protected at Night by Watchmen Dumah: Son of Ishmael Edomites: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Prophecy Concerning Seir Night used Figuratively The Edomites: Country of: Called Dumah Watchman: On Towers Watchmen: Often Interrogated by Passengers

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