6 For the Lord has said to me,

“Go, post a lookout;

let him report what he sees.

7 When he sees riders—

pairs of horsemen,

riders on donkeys,

riders on camels—

he must pay close attention.”

8 Then the lookoutA reported,

“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,a

and I stay at my post all night.

9 Look, riders come—

horsemen in pairs.”

And he answered, saying,

“Babylon has fallen,b has fallen.

All the images of her gods

have been shattered on the ground.”c

10 My people who have been crushed

on the threshing floor,d

I have declared to you

what I have heard from the Lord of Armies,

the God of Israel.