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Isaiah 21:12
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
Isaiah 21:12 · Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 21:12 in other translations
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
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In context
9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
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?”
12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
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