Isaiah 21:12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. A distressing vision likened to desert whirlwinds announces the fall of Babylon — 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon!' — and calls the watchman on the watchtower to report. Brief oracles follow against Dumah and Arabia.
Other Translations
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.
The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
Cross References
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil …
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and …
The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I …
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the …
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the …
Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of …
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is …
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.