^{5 Ref} They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.

^{6 Ref} For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

^{7 Ref} And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.

^{8 Ref} And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:

^{9 Ref} See, 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.

^{10 Ref} O 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.

^{11 Ref} The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?

^{12 Ref} The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.