4 My mind staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight I desired brought me fear.
5 Set out the table in order! Spread out the rugs! Eat! drink! Rise up, commanders; smear the shield!
6 For the Lord said this to me: “Go, set a watchman in position. He must announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, a pair of horsemen, riders of donkeys, riders of camels, then he must listen attentively, paying attention, paying special attention.”
8 Then the watchman called, “Lord, I am standing on the watchtower continually by day, and I am standing at my post throughout the night.
9 And look at this! A man’s a chariot is coming, a pair of horsemen!” Then he responded and said, “It has fallen! Babylon has fallen! And all the images of her gods are smashed on the ground!”
10 My downtrodden people and the son of my threshing floor, I will announce to you what I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel.