3 I saw those terrible things, and now I am in pain.My pains are like the pains of giving birth.What I hear makes me very afraid.What I see causes me to shake with fear.
4 I am worried,and I am shaking with fear.My pleasant eveninghas become a night of fear.
5 They set the table.They spread the rugs.They eat and drink!Leaders, stand up.Prepare the shields for battle!
6 The Lord said to me,“Go. Have a man be a lookout for the city.Have him report what he sees.
7 If he sees chariots and teams of horses,donkeys or camels,he should pay very close attention.”
8 Then the lookout called out,“My Master, each day I stand in the watchtower watching.Every night I have been on guard.
9 Look. I see a man coming in a chariotwith a team of horses.”The man gives back the answer,“Babylon has fallen. It has fallen!All the statues of her godslie broken on the ground.”