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, place a lookout for the cityand 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.”