Focused Passage
The Fall of Babylon, the Watchman’s Night, and the Oracle Against Arabia
The chapter moves from a terrifying vision of invasion sweeping through the desert, to the prophet’s anguish, to a scene of feasting interrupted by military preparation, to the commissioning of a watchman, to the report that Babylon has fallen and its gods lie shattered, then to Dumah/Edom’s anxious question about the night, and finally to Arabia’s refugee crisis and the timed collapse of Kedar’s glory.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
11This 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?”
12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
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