Isaiah 21:5-12

5They 1set the table, they 2spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; “Rise up, captains, oil the shields!” 6For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, station the lookout, have him 3report what he sees.7When he sees 4a 5column of chariots, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, He is to pay close attention, very close attention.” 8Then 6the lookout called, “7Lord, 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, “8Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the 9images of her gods 10are shattered on the ground.”10My 11downtrodden people, and my 12afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of armies, The God of Israel, I make known to you.

11The pronouncement 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.”