Isaiah 21:5-12

5Look! They are preparing a great feast. They are spreading rugs for people to sit on. Everyone is eating and drinking. But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle. You are being attacked!

6Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.

7He should look for chariots drawn by pairs of horses, and for riders on donkeys and camels. Let the watchman be fully alert.”

8Then the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.

9Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!” Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!”

10O 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.

11This 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?”

12The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but night will soon return. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”