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Isaiah 21:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.Isaiah 21:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:5 in context
3Therefore 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.
4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7And 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watchtowertsâphîytha sentryH6844 →
- Prepareʻârakto set in a rowH6186 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- anointmâshachto rub with oilH4886 →
- tableshulchâna tableH7979 →
- watchtsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10