6. For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, 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. Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9. "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."
10. 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.
11. The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
12. The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
13. The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.
14. Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
15. For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.