4. My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.
5. In the vision a banquet is ready; rugs are spread for the guests to sit on. They are eating and drinking. Suddenly the command rings out: “Officers! Prepare your shields!”
6. Then the Lord said to me, “Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.
7. If he sees men coming on horseback, two by two, and men riding on donkeys and camels, he is to observe them carefully.”
8. The sentry calls out, “Sir, I have been standing guard at my post day and night.”
9. Suddenly, here they come! Men on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, “Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshipped lie shattered on the ground.”
10. My people Israel, you have been threshed like wheat, but now I have announced to you the good news that I have heard from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel.