Isaiah 21:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ If he should see cavalry,
    horsemen riding in pairs,
men mounted on donkeys,
    men mounted on camels,
instruct him to watch closely
    and to listen diligently.
⁸ Then the lookout shouted,
    “I stand on the watchtower, O Lord,
    all day long,
and I remain stationed at my post
    throughout the night.
⁹ Behold, 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.