Isaiah 21:17
and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.
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Numbers 23:19God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word?
Isaiah 1:20but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
Isaiah 17:4There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.
Isaiah 34:16They passed by in full number, and not one of them perished: they sought not one another; for the Lord commanded them, and his Spirit gathered them.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:14-17
The Doom of Arabia. ( b. c. 714.) 13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 15 For they fled 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, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 17 And the… Read the whole commentary →