Isaiah 21:15

They're running away from a fierce battle, from swords, drawn swords, from bows and arrows.

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In The King James Version

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

In Context

14People of Tema, take water to the thirsty, meet the refugees with food.

16This is what the Lord told me: “Within one year, just as a contract worker precisely counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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Cross References

Job 6:19Caravans from Tema looked, travelers from Sheba were confident,

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 →

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