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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 21 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.