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My mind turns. Fear has come over me. The evening I have waited so long for has been turned into a time of shaking with fear. They set the tables. They spread out the cloth. They eat and drink. Rise up, captains, oil the battle-coverings! For the Lord says to me, “Go, set a man to keep watch. Let him tell what he sees.

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My heart(A) falters,
    fear makes me tremble;(B)
the twilight I longed for
    has become a horror(C) to me.

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!(D)
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!(E)

This is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, post a lookout(F)
    and have him report what he sees.

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