5They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
6For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
7And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
8And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
9See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
10O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
11The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
