Isaiah 21:5

The Passion Translation

I see them prepare the table and spread their rugs, then they eat and they drink. Get up, you military officers! Anoint your shields for battle!

Cross References

Isaiah 13:2

“Raise high a signal flag on a barren hilltop! Shout out! Beckon my armies to invade the gates of the nobles,

Jeremiah 46:3

Egypt’s commanders shout: “Shields up, both large and small! Onward to battle!

Jeremiah 51:11

Yahweh has stirred up a spirit of hostility in the king of the Medes because Yahweh’s plan is to destroy Babylon. This is Yahweh’s revenge for destroying his temple. “Sharpen the arrows; fill up your quivers!

Jeremiah 51:39

Are they ready to feast? I will prepare them a drink that will make them drunk. They will drink themselves tipsy and fall into an everlasting sleep,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her soldiers and all her leaders drunk, including the advisers, officials, and military commanders. They will fall into an everlasting sleep, never to wake again,” declares the King, whose name is Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.

1 Corinthians 15:32

Tell me, why did I fight “wild beasts” in Ephesus if my hope is in this life only? What was the point of that? If the dead do not rise, then Let’s party all night, for tomorrow we die!