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