Isaiah 21:12

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“The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.””

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BSBPD

“The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 21:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
  2. Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  3. Jeremiah 42:19The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!
  4. Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
  5. Ezekiel 7:5This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster— behold, it is coming!
  6. Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.
  7. Ezekiel 7:12The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
  8. Ezekiel 14:1Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
  9. Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  10. Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  11. Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
  12. Acts 17:19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  13. Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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