Isaiah 21:5
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet,
What it says
As a feast is laid out, the command comes to prepare for battle instead.
What it is doing
This verse contrasts complacent festivity with imminent catastrophe.
In context
1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: 2A dire vision is declared to me: 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 4My heart falters; 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, 6For this is what the Lord says to me: 7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, 8Then the lookout shouted: 9Look, here come the riders, 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,