6. This is what the Lord says to me:‘Go, post a lookoutand let him report what he sees.
7. When he sees chariotswith teams of horses,riders on donkeysor riders on camels,let him be alert,fully alert.’
8. And the lookout shouted,‘Day after day, my Lord, I stand on the watchtower;every night I stay at my post.
9. Look, here comes a man in a chariotwith a team of horses.And he gives back the answer:“Babylon has fallen, has fallen!All the images of its godslie shattered on the ground!” ’
10. My people who are crushed on the threshing-floor,I tell you what I have heardfrom the Lord Almighty,from the God of Israel.
11. A prophecy against Dumah:Someone calls to me from Seir,‘Watchman, what is left of the night?Watchman, what is left of the night?’
12. The watchman replies,‘Morning is coming, but also the night.If you would ask, then ask;and come back yet again.’