6 For thus the Lord says to me,
“Go, station the lookout, let him adeclare what he sees.
7 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 the lookout called,
“aO Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 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 are shattered on the ground.”
10 O my atrampled people and my afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts,
The God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Oracles Concerning Dumah and Arabia
11 The oracle concerning aDumah.
One keeps calling to me from bSeir,
“Watchman, how far gone is the night?
Watchman, how far gone is the night?”