4 I’m confused.I’m shaking with terror.The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
5 Set the table.Spread the rugs ⌊by the table⌋.Eat. Drink.Get up, you leaders!Prepare your shields for battle!
6 This is what the Lord says to me:Post a watchman.Have him report whatever he sees.
7 He will see chariots, pairs of horsemen,riders on donkeys, and riders on camels.Let him watch carefully, very carefully.
8 The watchman called,“Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day.Every night, I stand guard at my post.
9 Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs.”Then he said,“Babylon has fallen! It has fallen!All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.”
10 You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed.I make known to you what I heard from the Lord of Armies,the God of Israel.