Isaiah 21:13-17
New King James Version
Proclamation Against Arabia
13 (A)The [a]burden against Arabia.
In the forest in Arabia you will lodge,
O you traveling companies (B)of Dedanites.
14 O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Bring water to him who is thirsty;
With their bread they met him who fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword,
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.
16 For thus the Lord has said to me: “Within a year, (C)according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of (D)Kedar will fail; 17 and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.”
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- Isaiah 21:13 oracle, prophecy
Isaiah 21:13-17
American Standard Version
13 The [a]burden upon Arabia.
In the [b]forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. 14 Unto him that [c]was thirsty they brought water; [d]the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread. 15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail; 17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
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- Isaiah 21:13 Or, oracle
- Isaiah 21:13 Or, thickets
- Isaiah 21:14 Or, is thirsty bring ye
- Isaiah 21:14 Or, as otherwise read, ye inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet
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