11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. …
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-12)This prophecy concerning Dumah is very short, and withal dark and hard to be understood. Some think that Dumah is a part of Arabia, and that the inhabitants descended from Dumah the sixth son of Ishmael, as those of Kedar ( Isa. 21:16 , 17 ) from Ishmael’s second son, Gen. 25:13 , 14 . Others, because Mount Seir is here mentioned, by Dumah understand Idumea, the country of the Edomites. Some of Is…
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