4. My heart staggers;horror terrifies me.He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
5. Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet!Eat and drink!Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
6. For the Lord has said to me,“Go, post a lookout;let him report what he sees.
7. When he sees riders —pairs of horsemen,riders on donkeys,riders on camels —he must pay close attention.”
8. Then the lookout reported,“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.
9. Look, riders come —horsemen in pairs.”And he answered, saying,“Babylon has fallen, has fallen.All the images of her godshave been shattered on the ground.”
10. My people who have been crushedon the threshing floor, I have declared to youwhat I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,the God of Israel.
11. An oracle against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night?Watchman, what is left of the night? ”
12. The watchman said,“Morning has come, and also night.If you want to ask, ask!Come back again.”
13. An oracle against Arabia: In the desert brushyou will camp for the night,you caravans of Dedanites.