Isa 21:11-17 - Commentary

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Text -- Isaiah 21:11-17 (NET)

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Bad News for Seir

21:11 Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” 21:12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

The Lord Will Judge Arabia

21:13 Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans. 21:14 Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives. 21:15 For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle. 21:16 For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. 21:17 Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Arabia the entire region of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, the land of Edom, and all the land between the Jordan Valley and the Euphrates River (ZD).,a region of desert plains

· Dedanites an island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea,an island on the south coast of Turkey, 170 km NE of Crete

· Dumah son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,a town in the hill country of Judah,the country of Edom SW of the Dead Sea

· Edom resident(s) of the region of Edom

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Kedar son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,a people descended from Ishmael's son Kedar

· Seir a mountain and adjoining land,a man from the highlands of Seir (OS); father-in-law of Esau

· Tema son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,a land (and its people)

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 21:11 The “night” probably here symbolizes distress and difficult times. See BDB 539 s.v. לַיְלָה.

NET Notes: Isa 21:12 The point of the watchman’s final instructions (“if you want to ask, ask; come again”) is unclear. Perhaps they are included to add ...

NET Notes: Isa 21:16 Heb “in still a year, like the years of a hired worker.” See the note at 16:14.

NET Notes: Isa 21:17 Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

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