Isaiah 21:11

The burden of Dumah The best known place of this name is the Dûmat el-Jendel("rocky Dumah") of the Arabian geographers (mentioned in Genesis 25:14). It lay to the north of Tema (Isaiah 21:14) and south-east of Seir. Jerome is the sole authority for the statement that there was a Dumah in the land of Seir. The word here, however, is probably a play on the name Edom (which is found in the LXX., and in the margin of some Hebr. MSS.), and at the same time an allusion to the mysterious character of the oracle (="oracle of silence").

He calleth Render as R.V. One calleth.

Watchman, what of the night? "How far is the night spent: how long till the morning?" It has been suggested that the phrase may have been used in inquiring the time of night of the city watchmen. The word "watchman" here means "guardian" and differs from that employed in Isaiah 21:6 (one who is on the look out).