Isaiah 21:5

Babylon Is Fallen · Isaiah 21:1–10
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Translations

Modern
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Traditional
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Literal
…to arrange the table and lay out the spread, to eat, to drink. Rise up, O princes, and anoint the shield!
Latin
Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.

Interlinear

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

Notes

Events

Parallels

Revelation 18:1–8

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Furniture Isaiah, Book of Leather

Topics

Anointing was Used for Preparing Weapons for War Babylon: City of Prophecies Concerning Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denunciations Against Babylon Military Arms: Before Using: Anointed Persia: Prophecies Concerning Shields: Before War: Anointed Watchman: On Towers Watchmen were Stationed: On Watch Towers