Isaiah 21:1–10

¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. ²A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease. ³Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see. ⁴My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. ⁵Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield. ⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. ⁷And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed. ⁸And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights. ⁹—And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. ¹⁰O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.