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How Much Longer?

11 This is a message about Dumah:

From the country of Seir,[a]
    someone shouts to me,
“Guard, how much longer
    before daylight?”

12 From my guard post, I answered,
“Morning will soon be here,
    but night will return.
If you want to know more,
    come back later.”

13 This is a message for Arabs who live in the barren desert in the region of Dedan:[b]

You must order your caravans

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Footnotes

  1. 21.11 Dumah … Seir: Dumah was an oasis in the Arabian desert. One ancient translation has “Edom,” which may be what is meant. Seir is a mountainous region of Edom southwest of the Dead Sea.
  2. 21.13 Dedan: A region in northwest Arabia.

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