Isaiah 21:11-12 The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?… I. INQUIRE. 1. Where? Where should a people inquire, but at their God? (Isaiah 8:19, 20). 2. How? With humility, reverence, and desire of knowledge. 3. When? In the morning of thy years. The devil is a false sexton, and sets the clock too slow, that the night comes ere we be aware. Tarry not, then, till your piles of usuries, heaps of deceits, mountains of blasphemies, have caused God to hide Himself, and will not be found. There is a sera nimis hora, time too late, which Esau fell unluckily into, when "he sought the blessing with tears, and could not find it." II. RETURN from your sins by repentance. III. COME home to God by obedience. (T. Adams.) Parallel Verses KJV: The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
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