King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 21:5
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 21
3
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].
4
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
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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:
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