“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.”
Isaiah 21:5 (KJV) |
Isaiah 21:5
From Isaiah 21, in the Book of Isaiah (Old Testament).
Read in Context
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.
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.
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
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: