21:6 For this is what the sovereign master 1 has told me:
“Go, post a guard!
He must report what he sees.
21:7 When he sees chariots,
teams of horses, 2
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels,
he must be alert,
very alert.”
21:8 Then the guard 3 cries out:
“On the watchtower, O sovereign master, 4
I stand all day long;
at my post
I am stationed every night.
21:9 Look what’s coming!
A charioteer,
a team of horses.” 5
When questioned, he replies, 6
“Babylon has fallen, fallen!
All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
21:10 O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, 7
what I have heard
from the Lord who commands armies,
the God of Israel,
I have reported to you.
21:11 Here is a message about Dumah: 8
Someone calls to me from Seir, 9
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?” 10
21:12 The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but then night. 11
If you want to ask, ask;
come back again.” 12