Isaiah 21:14

Inhabitants of the land of Tema || Have brought water to meet the thirsty, || With his bread they came before a fugitive.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

In Context

13The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, || O caravans of Dedanim.

15For they fled from the face of destructions, || From the face of an outstretched sword, || And from the face of a trodden bow, || And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

Proverbs 25:21If he who is hating you hungers, cause him to eat bread, || And if he thirsts, cause him to drink water.

Romans 12:20I will repay again, says the LORD”; if, then, your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.

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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