Isaiah 21:5
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Prepare the table,.... Set it, spread it, furnish it with all kind of provisions, as at a feast; and such an one…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Prepare the table - This verse is one of the most striking and remarkable that occurs in this prophecy, or indeed in any…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 21:1-10
We had one burden of Babylon before (ch. 13); here we have another prediction of its fall. God saw fit thus to possess…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The prophet contrasts his own lonely vigils with the careless security of the Babylonian revellers (cf. Daniel 5; Jer…
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