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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, Verse 12

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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
King James Version
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
American Standard Version
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.
New English Translation
The watchman replies,“Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”
World English Bible
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].
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The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
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All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far.
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Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
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For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.