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.
Bản dịch khác
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.
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