‘O lord of the gods, fate of the great gods!
If then I be your avenger,
(If) I bind Tiamtu and save you,
Assemble together, cause to be great, (and) proclaim ye, my lot.
In Upšukenaku assembled, come ye joyfully together,
Having opened my mouth, like you also, let me the fates decide,
That naught be changed that I do, (even) I.
May the word of my lips neither fail nor altered be!’ ”
Anšar, without delay, calls his messenger Gaga, and directs him to summon all the gods to a festival, where with appetite they may sit down to a feast, to eat the divine bread and drink the divine wine, and there let Merodach “decide the fates,” as the one chosen to be their avenger. Then comes the message that Gaga was to deliver to Laḫmu and Laḫamu, in which the rebellion of Tiamtu is related in practically the same words as the writer used at the beginning of the narrative to describe Tiamtu's revolt. Merodach's proposal and request are then stated, and the message ends with the following words—
“Hasten, and quickly decide for him your fate—