Isaiah 21:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield!

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 51:39 : 39 While they are heated up, I will prepare their feast and make them drunk, so they will revel and then sleep a perpetual sleep, never to wake up, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her officials, wise men, governors, commanders, and warriors drunk, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
  • Dan 5:1-5 : 1 King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence. 2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them. 3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. 5 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
  • Isa 13:2 : 2 Lift up a banner on a bare hill; shout to them. Wave your hand so they may enter the gates of the nobles.
  • Isa 13:17-18 : 17 Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who do not value silver and have no delight in gold. 18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.
  • Isa 22:13-14 : 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!' 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Isa 45:1-3 : 1 This is what the LORD says to His anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have strengthened to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut. 2 I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 3 I will give you treasures hidden in darkness, and riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  • Jer 51:11 : 11 Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy her. This is the Lord's vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts! 28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors, all their officials, and the whole land of their dominion.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Isa 21:6
    76%

    6For this is what the Lord said to me: 'Go, station a watchman, and let him report what he sees.'

  • Ps 23:5
    71%

    5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

  • Jer 46:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3Prepare your shields, both small and large, and march out for battle!

    4Harness the horses, and mount the riders! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish the spears, and put on your armor!

  • Jer 6:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.

    5Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!

  • Nah 2:5
    70%

    5The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares. Their appearance is like torches, and they dart about like lightning.

  • Nah 2:1
    69%

    1See, on the mountains, the feet of the one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows, for the wicked one will never again pass through you; he is completely cut off.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.

    17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Ezek 23:41
    69%

    41You sat on a glorious couch with a table prepared before it, where you placed my incense and my oil.

  • Joel 3:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance.

    10Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

  • Isa 21:8
    68%

    8Then he called out, 'Lion! My Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day, and I stay at my guard post through all the nights.'

  • Ezek 39:20
    68%

    20At my table, you will be filled with horses and riders, mighty men and all warriors,' declares the Lord GOD.

  • Dan 5:1
    67%

    1King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

  • Prov 23:1
    67%

    1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is before you.

  • Isa 22:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6Elam carried a quiver, along with chariots and horsemen. Kir laid bare the shield.

    7Your choicest valleys were filled with chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gate.

  • Ezek 21:22
    67%

    22I too will clap My hands, and I will satisfy My wrath. I, the LORD, have spoken.

  • Hos 7:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers.

    6Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

  • Jer 51:12
    67%

    12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Ezek 21:20
    67%

    20So that hearts melt, and many stumble at all their gates, I have placed a glittering sword. It is made to flash like lightning and is prepared for slaughter.

  • Zech 9:15
    67%

    15The LORD of Hosts will defend them; they will devour and subdue with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl, like the corners of the altar.

  • Prov 4:17
    67%

    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Amos 6:3
    67%

    3You push away the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence.

  • Isa 32:1
    67%

    1Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice.

  • Zeph 1:7
    67%

    7Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has set apart His invited guests.

  • Isa 5:11
    67%

    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Isa 51:17
    67%

    17Wake yourself, wake yourself! Arise, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering.

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
    67%

    12The king got up in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and take the city.'"

  • Prov 25:7
    67%

    7For it is better to be told, 'Come up here,' than to be humiliated in the presence of a nobleman whom your eyes have seen.

  • Joel 1:5
    66%

    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Ezek 44:3
    66%

    3Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD. He shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and exit the same way.

  • 2 Kgs 10:3
    66%

    3select the best and most upright of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

  • Isa 25:6
    66%

    6On this mountain, the LORD of hosts will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines.

  • Jer 51:27
    66%

    27Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!

  • Prov 9:5
    66%

    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • Deut 32:38
    66%

    38The ones who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your shelter!

  • Ps 45:3
    66%

    3You are the most beautiful of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

  • Isa 29:9
    66%

    9Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

  • Ezek 38:7
    66%

    7Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your company gathered around you, and you will be their commander.

  • Isa 22:1
    66%

    1This is an oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?

  • Jer 1:17-18
    2 verses
    66%

    17But you, prepare yourself; rise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.

    18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

  • Amos 6:7
    66%

    7Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

  • Joel 1:13
    66%

    13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God, for grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

  • 2 Kgs 11:7
    66%

    7The two divisions among you who are off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the temple of the LORD for the king.

  • Isa 62:10
    66%

    10Pass through, pass through the gates! Clear the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway; remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations!