Isaiah 21:11

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The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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Dumah, likely in northern Arabia or associated with Edom’s Mount Seir, represents a neighboring people anxiously asking the watchman about the night. The wider chapter also addresses Babylon, Elam, Media, Arabia, Dedan, Tema, Kedar, and the Negeb, showing God’s sovereignty in judgment over surrounding nations.

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Isaiah 21:11 mentions Arabia, Babylon, Dedan, Dumah, Elam, Kedar, Media, Mount Seir, Negeb and Tema.

Arabia · Peter Dowley
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Dedan · juhotski
Elam · Carole Raddato

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