- For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
- "When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."
- Then the lookout called, "O 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 said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
- O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
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- This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
- When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."
- And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
- Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' "
- O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
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