Isaiah 21:17

and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, Elohim Isra'el [He sustains breathing, God of God prevails], has spoken it.”

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In The King James Version

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

In Context

16For 'Adonay [Lord] said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 nor the son of man, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he said, and will he not do it? 2 Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 1

Isaiah 1:20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; 2 for the mouth of Adonai has spoken it.” 1

Isaiah 17:4“It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob [Supplanter] will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

Isaiah 34:16Search in the book of Adonai, and read: 2 not one of these will be missing. 2 None will lack her mate. 2 For my mouth has enjoined, 2 and his Ruach ·Spirit, Breath· has gathered them. 1

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words + 24:35. Quoted from Is 40:8 will not pass away.

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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