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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 21:5

Isaiah 21:5Anoint the shield“Anoint the shield”The ancient shields being mostly of stout leather stretched over a frame or rim of metal or wood, it was necessary to rub them with oil, lest they should become hard and crack, or lest they should become so rigid that an arrow or spear might easily penetrate them.Shields of this kind are still much in use, and still require the same treatment, in Western Asia; and we have ourselves frequently seen them on sale in the bazaars, and in use among the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 21:5

Isa 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield. Ver. 5. Prepare the table. ] Insultat regi Balthasari, ac irridendo voces illius memorat. a Prepare the table, said Belshazzar. But more need he had to have said, Prepare the battle; set the army in array, &c. But this secure sot thought of no such matter. His destruction, though at hand, was hid from his eyes by the Lord, who “ Auferre mentem talibus primum solet, Caliginemque,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 21:6

Isa 21:6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. Ver. 6. For thus hath the Lord said unto me. ] Confirming, by a prophetic vision, what I had foretold concerning the calamity of the Chaldees. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 21:5

eat: Isaiah 22:13, Isaiah 22:14, Daniel 5:1-Deuteronomy :, 1 Corinthians 15:32 arise: Isaiah 13:2, Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 45:1-Leviticus :, Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:21 - anointed 1 Kings 1:49 - General Psalms 127:1 - the watchman Isaiah 14:11 - pomp Isaiah 47:8 - given Jeremiah 46:3 - General Jeremiah 51:39 - their heat Jeremiah 51:57 - I will Nahum 2:5 - recount Habakkuk 2:1 - tower Habakkuk 2:5 - he transgresseth 1 Thessalonians... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 21:6

Go: Isaiah 62:6, 2 Kings 9:17-Proverbs :, Jeremiah 51:12, Jeremiah 51:13, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 33:2-Judges :, Habakkuk 2:1, Habakkuk 2:2 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:24 - the watchman Song of Solomon 3:3 - watchmen Isaiah 21:11 - what read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.Prepare — Furnish it with meats and drinks. The prophet foretells what the Babylonians would be doing when their enemies were at their doors.Watch — To give us notice of any approaching danger, that in the meantime we may more securely indulge ourselves.Princes — Of Babylon: arise from the table and run to your arms.Shield — Prepare yourselves and your arms for the approaching battle. The shield is... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 21:6

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.Go set — This was now done only in a vision, but it signified what should be done really afterwards. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 21:5

5. The scene of the wildest agitation continues, but it is not unsystematic and insane. There is brevity, rapidity, life, and system in the description. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink This is addressed to the Babylonians. The phrase “watch,” etc., is better rendered, Spread the carpets. It describes a banquet scene. However, the usual guard is probably around, and an alarm may have been sounded. Arise, ye princes Princes of Persia and Media address, as it... read more