Isaiah 21:12
The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”
In context
9 And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”
10 O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11 The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?” 12 The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”
13 The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites. 14 To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema. 15 For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.
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- KJV King James Version
— Isaiah 21:12 in the KJV
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
- NIV New International Version
— Isaiah 21:12 in the NIV
The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.”