The Lord said to me,“ Go. Put a guard on duty on Jerusalem’s walls. Have him report what he sees.

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望的，使他将所看见的述说。”

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望者，让他报告他所看见的。

主对我如此说：“你去设立守望者，让他报告他所看见的。

耶和华对我说：“你去派人守望，让他报告所看见的情况。

因为主这样对我说：“你去设立守望的，叫他把所看见的报告出来。

主对我如此说：“去，部署一个守望者，让他报告所看见的一切；

主對我如此說：你去設立守望的，使他將所看見的述說。

主對我如此說：「你去設立守望者，讓他報告他所看見的。

主對我如此說：「你去設立守望者，讓他報告他所看見的。

耶和華對我說：「你去派人守望，讓他報告所看見的情況。

因為主這樣對我說：“你去設立守望的，叫他把所看見的報告出來。

因為主對我這麼說：『你去立個守望者，叫他將所看見的報告出來。

主對我如此說：「去，部署一個守望者，讓他報告所看見的一切；

主諭我曰、往置守望、有所見、則以告、

主謂我曰、遣戍稽察、有所見即呼告。

主如是諭我曰、往設守望者、有所見即報告、

This is what the Lord says to me:“ Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

For thus the Lord said to me:“ Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.

Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,“ Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.

For the Lord has said to me,“ Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.

For this is what the Lord says to me:“ Go, station the lookout, have him report what he sees.

For thus has the Lord said to me:“ Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

For the Lord has said to me,“ Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

For this is what the sovereign master has told me:“ Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

For the Lord said to me,“ Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

I will go up to the lookout tower. I’ll station myself on the city wall. I’ll wait to see how the Lord will reply to me. Then I’ll try to figure out how his reply answers what I’ve complained about.The Lord replies,“ Write down the message I am giving you. Write it clearly on the tablets you use. Then a messenger can read it and run to announce it.

A lookout was standing on the roof of the tower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu’s troops approaching. So he called out,“ I see some troops coming.”“ Get a horseman,” Joram ordered.“ Send him to ride out to them. Have him ask,‘ Are you coming in peace?’ ”The horseman rode out to where Jehu was. He said,“ The king asks,‘ Are you coming in peace?’ ”“ What do you know about peace?” Jehu answered.“ Get in line behind me.” The lookout reported,“ The messenger has reached them. But he isn’t coming back.”So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them, he said,“ The king asks,‘ Are you coming in peace?’ ” Jehu replied,“ What do you know about peace? Get in line behind me.”The lookout reported,“ The second messenger has reached them. But he isn’t coming back either. The one driving the chariot drives like Jehu, the son of Nimshi. He’s driving like a crazy person.”

The Lord said,“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.

“ Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them,‘ Suppose I send enemies against a land. And its people choose one of their men to stand guard.He sees the enemies coming against the land. He blows a trumpet to warn the people.Someone hears the trumpet. But they do not pay any attention to the warning. The enemies come and kill them. Then what happens to them will be their own fault.They heard the sound of the trumpet. But they did not pay any attention to the warning. So what happened to them was their own fault. If they had paid attention, they would have saved themselves.But suppose the guard sees the enemies coming. And he does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. The enemies come and kill one of them. Then their life has been taken away from them because they sinned. But I will hold the guard responsible for their death.’“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.

Jerusalem, I have stationed guards on your walls. They must never be silent day or night. You who call out to the Lord must not give yourselves any rest.

Lift up a banner! Attack Babylon’s walls! Put more guards on duty! Station more of them to watch over you! Hide and wait to attack them! I will do what I have planned. I will do what I have decided to do against the people of Babylon.You who live by the rivers of Babylon, your end has come. You who are rich in treasures, it is time for you to be destroyed.