For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, post a lookout; let him announce what he sees.
Mortal, I have made you a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,
The sentinels found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
The sentinel shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there are tidings in his mouth.” He kept coming and drew near.