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Isaiah 21:5

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

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

7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
KJV
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
WEB
They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
ASV
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
DARBY
Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
BLB
to arrange the table [and] lay out the spread, to eat, to drink. Rise up, O princes, [and] anoint the shield!
ÅB
De dekker bordet, vakten våker, de spiser og drikker - opp, dere høvdinger, smør skjoldene!
OTB
De setter bordene, de brer ut dukene, de spiser, de drikker! Stå opp, kommandanter, smør skjoldene!
B1930
De dekker bordet, vakten våker, de eter og drikker - op, I høvdinger, smør skjoldene!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

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  • Jeremiah 51:39

    In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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  • Daniel 5:1–5

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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  • Isaiah 45:1–3

    Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

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  • Isaiah 13:2

    Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:32

    If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

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  • Jeremiah 51:27–28

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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