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Isaiah 21:11 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?Isaiah 21:11 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:11 in context
9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Watchmanshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- callethqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- burdenmassâʼa burdenH4853 →
- DumahDûwmâhDumah, a tribe and region of ArabiaH1746 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- SeirSêʻîyrSeir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in PalestineH8165 →
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This prophecy concerning Dumah is very short, and withal dark and hard to be understood. Some think that Dumah is a part of Arabia, and that the inhabitants descended from Dumah the sixth son of Ishmael, as those of Kedar (Isa 21:16, Isa 21:17) from Ishmael's second son, Gen 25:13, Gen 25:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-12