Isaiah 21:5-12
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They set the tables,
they spread the rugs,
they eat, they drink!
Get up, you officers,
oil the shields!
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This is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees.
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When he sees chariots
with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
or riders on camels,
let him be alert,
fully alert.”
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And the lookout shouted,
“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every night I stay at my post.
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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!’”
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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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A Prophecy Against Edom
An oracle concerning Dumah:
Someone calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
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The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
and come back yet again.”