^{5 Ref} Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

^{6 Ref} For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'

^{7 Ref} And he hath seen a chariot -- a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention -- He hath increased attention!

^{8 Ref} And he crieth -- a lion, `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.

^{9 Ref} And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.' And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.

^{10 Ref} O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'

^{11 Ref} The burden of Dumah. Unto me is `one' calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

^{12 Ref} The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'