Isaiah 21:5
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Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

2 Samuel 1:21
Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.

Jeremiah 46:3
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.

Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts.

Daniel 5:1
Baltasar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

eat

Isaiah 22:13,14 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. . . .

Daniel 5:1-5 Baltasar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die.

arise

Isaiah 13:2,17,18 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. . . .

Isaiah 45:1-3 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. . . .

Jeremiah 51:11,27,28 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple. . . .

Context
Babylon is Fallen
4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me. 5Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.6For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.…
Lexicon
They prepare
עָרֹ֧ךְ (‘ā·rōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order

a table,
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ן (haš·šul·ḥān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7979: A table, a meal

they lay out
צָפֹ֥ה (ṣā·p̄ōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6823: To lay out, lay over

a carpet,
הַצָּפִ֖ית (haṣ·ṣā·p̄îṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6823: To lay out, lay over

they eat,
אָכ֣וֹל (’ā·ḵō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

they drink!
שָׁתֹ֑ה (šā·ṯōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe

Rise up,
ק֥וּמוּ (qū·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

O princes,
הַשָּׂרִ֖ים (haś·śā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

oil
מִשְׁח֥וּ (miš·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint

the shields!
מָגֵֽן׃ (mā·ḡên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile


Additional Translations
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and prepare your shields.

Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,
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