World English Bible
"They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!"
— Isaiah 21:5, World English Bible
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.”
“They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield. ”
“Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!”
“Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.”
“They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.”
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.”
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media's sighing.
Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
For the Lord said to me, "Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness."
He cried like a lion: "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.