Isaiah 21:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 21:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 21:5 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 21:5 — KJV
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.”
— Isaiah 21:5 (KJV)
Isaiah 21:5 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 21:5
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 21:5: table, eat, drink
“And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 21:5: eat, drink, anoint
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 21:5: table, eat, drink
“Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 21:5: eat, drink, anoint
“And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 21:5: prepare, eat, drink
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