Isa 21:4-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | My mind reels , horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

Isaiah 21:4-9

4 My ^{▼▼Lit heart has wandered}mind reels, ^{▼▼Lit shuddering}horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been ^cturned into trembling for me.
5 They ^dset the table, they ^{▼▼Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating}spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”
6 For this is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, station the lookout, have him ^freport what he sees.
7 “When he sees ^{▼▼Or riders}a ^hcolumn of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then ^{▼▼As in DSS; MT he called like a lion}the lookout called,

“ ^jLord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 “Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “ ^kFallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the ^limages of her gods ^{▼▼Lit he has shattered to the earth}are shattered on the ground.”