4. My mind reels,shuddering assails me;The twilight I yearned forhe has turned into dread.
5. They set the table,spread out the rugs;they eat, they drink. Rise up, O princes,oil the shield!
6. For thus my Lord said to me:Go, station a watchman,let him tell what he sees.
7. If he sees a chariot,a pair of horses,Someone riding a donkey,someone riding a camel,Then let him pay heed,very close heed.
8. Then the watchman cried,“On the watchtower, my Lord,I stand constantly by day;And I stay at my postthrough all the watches of the night.
9. Here he comes—a single chariot,a pair of horses—He calls out and says,‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon!All the images of her godsare smashed to the ground!’”