Isaiah 21:6-10

6 For thus the Lord says to me,

“Go, station the lookout, let him ^adeclare what he sees.

Indeed, he shall see ^ariders, horsemen in pairs,

Riders of donkeys, riders of camels,

So let him pay close attention, very close attention.”

8 Then ¹the lookout called,

“^aO Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,

And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”

And one answered and said, “^aFallen, fallen is Babylon;

And all the ^bgraven images of her gods ¹are shattered on the ground.”

O my ^atrampled people and my ¹afflicted of the threshing floor!

What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts,

The God of Israel, I have declared to you.

Hosea 9:8

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;

Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,

And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

I will ^astand on my guard post

And station myself on the fortification;

And I will ^bkeep watch to see ^cwhat He will speak to me

And how I may respond ¹when I am reproved.