6
For the Lord has said to me,
“Go, post a lookout;
let him report what he sees.
7
When he sees riders—
pairs of horsemen,
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels—
he must pay close attention.”
8
Then the lookout(a) reported,
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,(A)
and I stay at my post all night.
9
Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,(B) has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”(C)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 21:8: DSS, Syr; MT reads Then a lion

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