Isaiah 21:5
Context| NETBible | Arrange the table, lay out 1 the carpet, eat and drink! 2 Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields! 3 |
| XREF | Isa 13:2,17,18; Isa 22:13,14; Isa 45:1-3; Jer 51:11,27,28; Da 5:1-5; 1Co 15:32 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The precise meaning of the verb in this line is debated. Some prefer to derive the form from the homonymic צָפֹה (tsafoh, “keep watch”) and translate “post a guard” (cf. KJV “watch in the watchtower”; ASV “set the watch”). 2 tn The verbal forms in the first three lines are infinitives absolute, which are functioning here as finite verbs. It is uncertain if the forms should have an imperatival or indicative/descriptive force here. 3 sn Smearing the shields with oil would make them more flexible and effective in battle. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:394. |
