8. And the lookout shouted,‘Day after day, my Lord, I stand on the watchtower;every night I stay at my post.
9. Look, here comes a man in a chariotwith a team of horses.And he gives back the answer:“Babylon has fallen, has fallen!All the images of its godslie shattered on the ground!” ’
10. My people who are crushed on the threshing-floor,I tell you what I have heardfrom the Lord Almighty,from the God of Israel.
11. A prophecy against Dumah:Someone calls to me from Seir,‘Watchman, what is left of the night?Watchman, what is left of the night?’
12. The watchman replies,‘Morning is coming, but also the night.If you would ask, then ask;and come back yet again.’
13. A prophecy against Arabia:You caravans of Dedanites,who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14. bring water for the thirsty;you who live in Tema,bring food for the fugitives.
15. They flee from the sword,from the drawn sword,from the bent bowand from the heat of battle.
16. This is what the Lord says to me: ‘Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendour of Kedar will come to an end.
17. The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.’ The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.