7. He should look for chariotsdrawn by pairs of horses,and for riders on donkeys and camels.Let the watchman be fully alert.”
8. Then the watchman called out,“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.Night after night I have remained at my post.
9. Now at last—look!Here comes a man in a chariotwith a pair of horses!”Then the watchman said,“Babylon is fallen, fallen!All the idols of Babylonlie broken on the ground!”
10. O my people, threshed and winnowed,I have told you everything the lord of Heaven’s Armies has said,everything the God of Israel has told me.
11. This message came to me concerning Edom:Someone from Edom keeps calling to me,“Watchman, how much longer until morning?When will the night be over?”
12. The watchman replies,“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
13. This message came to me concerning Arabia:O caravans from Dedan,hide in the deserts of Arabia.
14. O people of Tema,bring water to these thirsty people,food to these weary refugees.
15. They have fled from the sword,from the drawn sword,from the bent bowand the terrors of battle.
16. The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
17. Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the lord, the God of Israel, have spoken!”