My [a]mind reels, [b]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (A)turned into trembling for me.
They (B)set the table, they [c]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”

For this is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, station the lookout, have him (C)report what he sees.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
  2. Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
  3. Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating

My heart(A) falters,
    fear makes me tremble;(B)
the twilight I longed for
    has become a horror(C) to me.

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!(D)
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!(E)

This is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, post a lookout(F)
    and have him report what he sees.

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