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And as for my heart,[a] horror has terrified me;
    the twilight I longed for
        has started to make me tremble.
They set the tables;
    they spread the carpets;[b]
        they eat, they drink!

Get up, you officers!
    Oil the shields!”

The Fall of Babylon

For this is what the Lord told me:

“Go post a lookout.
        Have him report what he sees.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:4 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa; MT LXX read My mind reels
  2. Isaiah 21:5 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line