Isaiah 21:5

New Century Version

They set the table; they spread the rugs; they eat and drink. Leaders, stand up. Prepare the shields for battle!

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

“May there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa, and may their fields produce no grain, because there the mighty warrior’s shield was dishonored. Saul’s shield will no longer be rubbed with oil.

Isaiah 13:2

Raise a flag on the bare mountain. Call out to the men. Raise your hand to signal them to enter through the gates for important people.

Jeremiah 46:3

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

Jeremiah 51:11

“Sharpen the arrows! Pick up your shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because he wants to destroy Babylon. The Lord will punish them as they deserve for destroying his Temple.

Jeremiah 51:39

While they are stirred up, I will give a feast for them and make them drunk. They will shout and laugh. And they will sleep forever and never wake up!” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make Babylon’s rulers and wise men drunk, and her governors, officers, and soldiers, too. Then they will sleep forever and never wake up,” says the King, whose name is the Lord All-Powerful.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus only with human hopes, I have gained nothing. If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.”