Isaiah 21:5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. A distressing vision likened to desert whirlwinds announces the fall of Babylon — 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon!' — and calls the watchman on the watchtower to report. Brief oracles follow against Dumah and Arabia.
Andere Übersetzungen
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,
They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
Querverweise
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