John Trapp on Isaiah 21:5

Ver. 5. Prepare the Table] Inſultat regi Balthaſari, Zeged. ac irridendo voces illius memorat. Prepare the Table, ſaid Balthaſar: but more need he had to have ſaid, Prepare the battel, ſet the Army in array, &c. But this ſecure ſot thought of no ſuch matter: his deſtruction, though at hand, was hid from his eyes by the Lord, who Auferre mentem talibus primum ſolet, Caliginem que , affundit, ut ruant ſuas Furenter in clades, ſibi quas noxii Accerſierunt ultro, conſiliis malis.

Watch in the watch-Tower] That we may revel the more ſecurely.

Eat, drink,] Etiam ſi Hannibal ſit ad portas; feed without fear, notwithſtanding the ſiege.

Ariſe ye Princes, annoint the ſhield] q. d. It would better become you,Non convivandi ſed pugnandi tempu[illegible: 1 letter] eſt. A Lapide. O Babylonian Princes ſo to do, viz. to ſtand to your Arms, to furbiſh your ſhields, for your better defence againſt the Medes and Perſians. Some make theſe words to be the Watchmans warning given upon the Perſians entering the City.