Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee published on July 14, 2015, by HarperCollins in the United States and Willam Heinemann in the United Kingdom. Although written before her first and only other published novel, the Pulitzer Prize - winning To Kill a Mockingbird -- and initially promoted by its publisher as a sequel -- it is now more widely accepted as being a first draft of the famous novel. The title comes from Isaiah 21: 6: "For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. '' It alludes to Jean Louise Finch 's view of her father, Atticus Finch, as the moral compass ("watchman '') of Maycomb, and has a theme of disillusionment, as she discovers the extent of the bigotry in her home community.
where does the phrase go set a watchman come from
Isaiah 21: 6