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4 My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
5 They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; Rise up, captains, oil the shields,
6 For this is what Jehovah says to me: »Go, station the lookout, and let him report what he sees.
7 »When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, a train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention.«
8 The watchman called out from the tower: »Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day. Every night, I stand guard at my post.
9 »Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs. Then he said: ‘Babylon has fallen! She has fallen! All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.’«