(A)They prepare the table,
    they spread the rugs,[a]
    they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
    (B)oil the shield!
For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
    let him announce what he sees.
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
    riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
    very diligently.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!(A)
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!(B)

This is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, post a lookout(C)
    and have him report what he sees.
When he sees chariots(D)
    with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
    or riders on camels,(E)
let him be alert,
    fully alert.”

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