Isaiah 21:4-7

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⁴My mind reels; my heart races; I am gripped by awful fear. All rest at night—so pleasant once—is gone; I lie awake, trembling.

⁵Look! They are preparing a great banquet! They load the tables with food; they pull up their chairs^[a] to eat. . . . Quick, quick, grab your shields and prepare for battle! You are being attacked!

^6-7Meanwhile (in my vision)^[b] the Lord had told me, “Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees. When he sees riders in pairs on donkeys and camels, tell him, ‘This is it!’”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 21:5 pull up their chairs, literally, “spread out the rugs.” You are being attacked. More details of the feast are seen in Daniel 5, as this prophecy was fulfilled when Cyrus captured the city.
Isaiah 21:6 in my vision, implied. riders in pairs on donkeys and camels, literally, “a troop, horsemen in pairs, riders on asses, riders on camels.” Possibly the meaning is that the asses and camels were paired for the attack. The city fell to the Medes and Persians, perhaps represented by these paired riders.