Isaiah 21:5-12

5They 1set the table, they 2spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; “Rise up, captains, oil the shields,” 6For thus the Lord says to me, “Go, station the lookout, let him 3report what he sees.7When he sees 4riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention.” 8Then 5the lookout called, “6O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.9Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one said, “7Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the 8images of her gods 9are shattered on the ground.”10O my 10threshed people, and my 11afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.

11The 12oracle concerning 1314Edom. One keeps calling to me from 15Seir, “Watchman, 16how far gone is the night? Watchman, 17how far gone is the night?”12The watchman says, “Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again.”