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Isaiah 21:9
Look, here come the riders,
from Babylon Is Fallen, Isaiah 21:1-10
What it says

The riders arrive with the announcement, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen," and her idols are shattered.

What it is doing

This verse gives the chapter's central proclamation of collapse.

In context

1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: 2A dire vision is declared to me: 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 4My heart falters; 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, 6For this is what the Lord says to me: 7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, 8Then the lookout shouted: 9Look, here come the riders, 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,