Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 21:12
If ye will, etc.] suggesting the possibility of there being another answer at another time.
If ye will, etc.] suggesting the possibility of there being another answer at another time.
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’...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
DISCOURSE: 887 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...
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...
b. EDOM AND ARABIA TEXT: Isaiah 21:11-17 11 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...
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...
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...
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...
אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְ גַם ־לָ֑יְלָה
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...
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...
_Night. Instead of joy, I must announce dreadful things. (Haydock)_...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
AGAINST EDOM AND ARABIA...
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...
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...
Isaiah 21:12 watchman H8104 (H8802) said H559 (H8804) morning H1242 comes H857 (H8804) night H3915 inquire...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:11 The second oracle of the second series (Isaiah 21:1) pictures prolonged darkness enveloping a frightened world....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:12 The prophet’s answer is vague: MORNING is sure to come, with more NIGHT as well. But Edom is urged to keep inquiring....
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...
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...
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)...
Acts 17:19; Acts 17:20; Acts 17:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 2:38;...
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...