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Isaiah 21

Isa. 21:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The watchman
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, The morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
cometh
'athah (Hebrew #857)
a primitive root (collateral to 225 contraction); to arrive
KJV usage: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
Pronounce: aw-thaw'
Origin: or matha {aw-thaw'}
, and also the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
: if ye will inquire
ba`ah (Hebrew #1158)
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
KJV usage: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
Pronounce: baw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, inquire
ba`ah (Hebrew #1158)
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
KJV usage: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
Pronounce: baw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
ye: return
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
, come
'athah (Hebrew #857)
a primitive root (collateral to 225 contraction); to arrive
KJV usage: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
Pronounce: aw-thaw'
Origin: or matha {aw-thaw'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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The morning.
Isa. 17:14• 14behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. (Isa. 17:14)
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Jer. 50:27• 27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. (Jer. 50:27)
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Ezek. 7:5‑7,10,12• 5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.
 6The end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee: behold, it cometh.
 7The doom is come unto thee, inhabitant of the land; the time is come, the day is near,--tumult, and not the joyous cry from the mountains.
 10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride is full blown.
 12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof. (Ezek. 7:5‑7,10,12)
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Isa. 55:7• 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
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Jer. 42:19‑22• 19Jehovah hath said concerning you, the remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt. Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
 20For ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
 21And I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God, nor anything for which he hath sent me unto you.
 22And now know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn. (Jer. 42:19‑22)
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Ezek. 14:1‑6• 1And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
 2And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
 4Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols:
 5that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
 6Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. (Ezek. 14:1‑6)
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Ezek. 18:30‑32• 30Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.
 31Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
 32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live. (Ezek. 18:30‑32)
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Acts 2:37‑38• 37And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?
 38And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:37‑38)
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Acts 17:19‑20• 19And having taken hold on him they brought him to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee is?
 20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean. (Acts 17:19‑20)
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Acts 17:30‑32• 30God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
 31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead.
 32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this. (Acts 17:30‑32)
• A morning was surely coming, but a night was coming also. The morning will be for those who fear God and are subject to Him: the night for those who are His foes. (“Isaiah 21” by F.B. Hole)
• In other scriptures very strong judgment is pronounced against Seir, but verse 12 here indicates that a door of mercy will open to them. If any have a desire to inquire of God they may do so. And if, as the result of inquiry, any desire to return, they may do so. They are even invited to “come.” In these words we discern an indication and forecast of that grace which comes to light so fully in the New Testament Gospel. (“Isaiah 21” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.

W. Kelly Translation

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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.