Holy Scripture
Isaiah 21:9
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 9.) Behold, here comes a rider of a chariot with horsemen, and he answered and said: Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the carved images of its gods are shattered on the ground. Therefore, what did the lion call out? Behold, that man comes, the ascender of the chariot of the horsemen; no doubt, Cyrus is ind…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.
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In context
7And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel.
8Hearken with great attention, and call thou Urias to the watchtower: the Lord has spoken. I stood continually during the day, and I stood in the camp all the night:
— Isaiah 21:9 —
10Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts which the God of Israel has declared to us.
11The vision of Edom. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.