Watchman, What of the Night? One of the most mysterious calls in the Book of Isaiah appears in these words: “Watchman, what of the night?Watchman, what of the night?”— Isaiah 21:11 Someone calls from Seir to the watchman and asks: Where are we in the course of the night? How much of it has already passed? When will morning come? This is a question a person asks precisely when surrounded by darkness. He does not merely want to know the time. He wants to know whether the darkne