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    When he sees chariots pulled by teams of horses,
    riders on donkeys, and riders on camels,
    have him listen carefully—very carefully.
The lookout[a] cried out:
    Lord,[b] I stand on the watchtower day after day,
    and every night I stay at my post.
    Now, look! Here come men in chariots pulled by teams of horses.
Then he announced:
    Fallen, fallen is Babylon!
    All the images of her gods lie broken on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 The translation follows the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah and the Syriac. The Hebrew reads a lion.
  2. Isaiah 21:8 The divine name Adonai