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Isaiah 21:11

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?”

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ASV

The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'[the] oracle ofH4853 →
דּוּמָ֑הdu.MahDumahH1746 →
אֵלַי֙'e.Laito meH413 →
קֹרֵ֣אko.Re'[someone is] callingH7121 →
מִשֵּׂעִ֔ירmi.se.'Irfrom SeirH8165 →
שֹׁמֵר֙sho.MerO watchmanH8104 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
מִלַּ֔יְלָהmi.Lay.lah[is] from [the] nightH3915 →
שֹׁמֵ֖רsho.MerO watchmanH8104 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
מִלֵּֽיל׃mi.Leil[is] from [the] nightH3915 →

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Genesis 25:14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Obadiah 1:1–16This 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 1:6This 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.Jeremiah 6:17I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’Joel 3:19Egypt 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.Deuteronomy 2:5Do 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.Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Jeremiah 49:7–22Concerning 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?Isaiah 21:6For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”Isaiah 63:1–6Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”1 Chronicles 1:30Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,Malachi 1:2–4“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,Isaiah 34:1–17Come 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.Jeremiah 37:17Later, 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.”Numbers 24:18Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.Ezekiel 35:1–15Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Obadiah 1:1This 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!”—

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