Isaiah 21:5 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 21:5

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

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ASV

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

WEB

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

YLT

Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

DBT

Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

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Psalms 127:1
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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.
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.
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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Set the guards; let them watch in the watch-tower while we eat and drink securely and make merry; and, if any alarm should be given, the princes shall arise and anoint the shield, and be in readiness to give the enemy a warm reception." Thus secure are they, and thus do they gird on the harness with as much joy as if they were putting it off.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Babylon had many watchtowers on its walls. anoint . . . shield--This was done to prevent the leather of the shield becoming hard and liable to crack. "Make ready for defense"; the mention of the "shield" alone implies that it is the Babylonian revellers who are called on to prepare for instant self-defense.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Princes - Of Babylon: arise from the table and run to your arms. Shield - Prepare yourselves and your arms for the approaching battle. The shield is put for all their weapons of offense and defense.

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ISA 21:5JER 51:39 JER 25:27
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ISA 21:5JER 51:57 JER 46:18
ISA 21:5JER 51:39 JER 51:57
ISA 21:5JER 51:11 JER 46:4
ISA 21:5JER 51:11 JER 50:45
ISA 21:5JER 51:57 JER 48:15
ISA 21:5JER 51:57 JER 51:39
ISA 21:5JER 51:11 JER 50:9

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