Isaiah 21:16

For thus hath Adonoi said unto me, Within a shanah (year), according to the way a year is counted by a sakhir (hireling, hired servant), all the kavod of Kedar shall end;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

In Context

15For they fled from the charavot (swords), 1 from the drawn cherev, 1 and from the bent keshet (bow), 1 and from the grievousness of milchamah (war).

17And the remainder of the mispar (number) of archers, the gibborim (mighty men) of the Bnei Kedar, shall be few; for Hashem Elohei Yisroel hath spoken.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:13And these are the shemot bnei Yishmael, by their shemot, according to their toldot: the bechor of Yishmael, Nevayot; and Kedar, and Adbe'el, and Mivsam,

Job 7:1Is there not a tzava (forced hard service in the army) to enosh (man) upon earth? 1 Are not his days also like the yamim of a sachir (hired laborer)? 1

Song of Solomon 1:5Shechorah (black, dark, sun-blackened) am I, yet lovely, 1 O ye banot Yerushalayim, 1 like the oholim (tents) of Kedar, 1 like the curtains of Sh'lomo. 1

Isaiah 42:11Let the midbar and the towns thereof lift up their voice, 1 the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; 1 let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, 1 let them shout from the rosh harim. 1

Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the mamlechot of Chatzor, which Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel shall strike: 1 Thus saith Hashem: 1 Arise ye, go up to Kedar, 1 and plunder the Bnei Kedem. 1

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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