The watchman said - Or rather “says;” indicating that this is the answer which the prophet returned to the inquiry from Idumea.

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If you will inquire ... —The words presuppose a craving to know the meaning of the mysterious oracle just given. The prophet decli…

The morning cometh. This means that the anxiety will not last merely for a single day, or for a short time, as if the watchman had replied…

The watchman said, the morning comes, and also the night ,
&c.] Not only a morning, but a night; and as sure as the …

1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppre ed Israel by taking their goods, ev…