“Watchman what of the night?” They were asking what was left of the night. How soon would the night or the dark times be over? When will the trouble end? The Edomites were about to face God’s judgment. God referred to them symbolically as Dumah which means “silence.” Silence hovers over a city after it is destroyed. Isaiah gave the Edomites hope and told them the morning or the time of deliverance would come, but the night, the dark times would return again. Isaiah, who was the watchman, urged them
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