Yesaya 21:6-7

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.”

Yesaya 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ³ 

When questioned, he replies, ⁴ 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

[21:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[21:7]  ² tn Or “a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ³ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).