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THE WATCHMAN SAID - Or rather “saith;” indicating that this is the
answer which the prophet returned to the inquiry from Idumea.
THE MORNING COMETH - There are signs of approaching day. The
‘morning’...
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CHAPTER 21
The Burdens of the Desert of the Sea, of Dumah, and Arabia
1. _The burden of the desert of the sea (Babylon) (Isaiah 21:1)_ 2.
_The burden of Dumah (Isaiah 21:11)_ 3. The burden upon Arabi...
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THE MORNING COMETH, &C. This may be the oracle of silence implied in
the name "Dumah" (see above, and compare Psalms 94:17; Psalms 115:17).
IF YE WILL INQUIRE. Isaiah had no answer. He is silent, but...
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_The morning cometh, and also the night_ The watchman's answer is
designedly obscure. It may mean either that the seer has obtained no
clear vision of the destiny in store for Edom; or that he foresee...
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The oracle on Edom. Isaiah 21:11
The prophet hears (whether in reality or in imagination it is
impossible to say) an urgent cry from Seir, inquiring whether the
night of distress is nearly over (Isai...
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PROFANE SCOFFERS INSTRUCTED
Isaiah 21:11. _The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir,
Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman
said, The morning c...
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THE BURDEN OF DUMAH— The neighbouring nations insulting the people
of God for the common calamities to which they were exposed together
with them, though they boasted themselves to be the elect and
fa...
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b. EDOM AND ARABIA
TEXT: Isaiah 21:11-17
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The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what
of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12
The watchman said, The morning comet...
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will
inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
THE WATCHMAN SAID, THE MORNING COMETH, AND ALSO THE NIGHT. Reply of
the prophet, Then mornin...
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THE FATE OF EDOM
An oracle concerning Edom, here symbolically called Dumah ('silence'),
because of the silence and desolation in store for it. The prophecy,
like that which follows, refers to a time...
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IF YE WILL, etc.] suggesting the possibility of there being another
answer at another time....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 21
ENEMIES DESTROY BABYLON
V1 A special message about Babylon that God gave to Isaia...
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A very short message about Dumah, a small place in the desert, 300
miles south-east of *Jerusalem. Dumah was at an important cross-roads
where routes from Babylon and Edom and Syria met. Merchants cou...
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אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְ גַם
־לָ֑יְלָה
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In this chapter we have prophecies concerning Babylon, Dumah, and
Arabia. With regard to Babylon, the prophet has seen the vision of the
whirlwind sweeping against it, and so terrible is it that he is...
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The watchman said, The (q) morning cometh, and also the night: if ye
will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
(q) He describes the unquietness of the people of Dumah, who were
night and day in fear of...
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_Night. Instead of joy, I must announce dreadful things. (Haydock)_...
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The burden of Dumah is short, but expressive; a watchman is questioned
by a man of Mount Seir, a region possessed by the Edomites, the
children of Esau, what of the night? he repeats the inquiry, and...
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_THE BURDEN OF DUMAH_
‘Watchman, what of the night?… The morning cometh.’
Isaiah 21:11
Isaiah was pre-eminently the patriot-prophet of Judah. He was ever on
his watch-tower guarding the movements o...
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12._The morning cometh. _This means that the anxiety will not last
merely for a single day, or for a short time, as if the watchman had
replied, “What I tell you to-day, I will tell you again to-morro...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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THE WATCHMAN SAID, THE MORNING COMETH, AND ALSO THE NIGHT,.... Not
only a morning, but a night; and as sure as the morning comes, so
shall the night; there wilt be a constant succession of morning and...
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will
enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Ver. 12. _The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night._]
This is a short and sha...
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_The burden of Dumah_ Or Idumea, as appears by the mention of mount
_Seir_, which follows. This prophecy, “from the uncertainty of the
occasion on which it was uttered, and from the brevity of the
exp...
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AGAINST EDOM AND ARABIA...
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The watchman, that is, the prophet to whom they turned in their
affliction, SAID, THE MORNING COMETH AND ALSO THE NIGHT, that is, no
sooner would the morning dawn than it would be devoured once more b...
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11,12 God's prophets and ministers are as watchmen in the city in a
time of peace, to see that all is safe. As watchmen in the camp in
time of war, to warn of the motions of the enemy. After a long s...
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THE MORNING COMETH, AND ALSO THE NIGHT: the night is past without any
great mischief to you, and the comfortable light of the morning is
approaching, which freeth men's minds from the terrors of the n...
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Isaiah 21:12 watchman H8104 (H8802) said H559 (H8804) morning H1242
comes H857 (H8804) night H3915 inquire...
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THE BURDEN OF DUMAH (EDOM) - (ISAIAH 21:11).
In her fear at the news of the downfall of Babylon Edom cries to the
only one who seems to be able to proclaim the future reliably, Isaiah,
the prophet of...
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CHAPTER 21 THE BURDENS ON THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA, ON DUMAH AND ON
ARABIA.
We now come to the second five of the ten burdens. And here we pause
to note the careful way in which the prophecy has been...
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Isaiah 21:11
The prophet appears to introduce himself as addressed in scorn by the
people of the land which he is commissioned to warn. "Watchman, what
of the night?" What new report of woe hast thou...
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CONTENTS: Four burdens anticipating Sennacherib's invasion.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Neither the skill of archers nor the courage of mighty men
can protect a people from the judgments of...
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Isaiah 21:1. _The desert of the sea._ The army which invaded Babylon
came not directly against it; but Cyrus made a circuitous route, and
collected part of his army from the deserts and mountains towa...
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_The burden of Dumah_
THE BURDEN OF DUMAH
Like Moab, Edom had once formed part of David’s dominions, but in
the days of disruption and weakness both had rebelled.
What about Edom now? When Moab was...
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THE BURDEN OF DUMAH
Isaiah 21:11. _The burden of Dumah, &c._
There are three distinct prophecies in this chapter, and they are all
termed _burdens_, as denoting heavy judgments. The first respects
B...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 21:1
THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA. This is a short and somewhat
vague, but highly poetic, "burden of Babylon" It is probably an
earlier prophecy than...
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Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 21.
Isaiah begins this particular prophecy and addresses it to Babylon
which was referred to as,
The desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass (Isaiah 21:1)...
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Acts 17:19; Acts 17:20; Acts 17:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 2:38;...
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The night — The night is past without any mischief, and the light of
the morning is approaching; but tho' the morning is coming, it will be
gone, and the night will return, and your fears with it. Com...