Isaiah 21:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸Then the lookout shouted,
    “I stand on the watchtower, O Lord,
    all day long,
and I remain stationed at my post
    throughout the night.
⁹Behold, here come the cavalry now,
    horsemen riding in pairs.”
Then the Lord responded:
    Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
    have been smashed to the ground.
¹⁰O my people,
    you who have been trodden
    upon the threshing floor,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
    from the God of Israel,
    I have proclaimed to you.

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Isaiah 21:8-10

New International Version

⁸And the lookout^[a]^(A) shouted,

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
    every night I stay at my post.
⁹Look, here comes a man in a chariot^(B)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon^(C) has fallen,^(D) has fallen!
All the images of its gods^(E)
    lie shattered^(F) on the ground!’”