Isaiah 21:16

Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar area in Arabia will end.

Translation for Translators

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

15They are fleeing in order not to be killed by their enemies’ swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.

17Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

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Cross References

Genesis 25:13These are their names, in the order in which they were born: Ishmael’s oldest son was named Nebaioth. After him were born Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Job 7:1“People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do; all during the time that we are alive, we work hard [RHQ], like laborers/servants do.

Song of Solomon 1:5You women of Jerusalem, I am dark but beautiful; my dark skin is like [SIM] the tents in Kedar, or like the beautiful curtains in Solomon’s palace.

Isaiah 42:11You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar area in the north of Arabia, you rejoice also! You people in Sela city in Edom, you also should sing joyfully; shout to praise him from the tops of your mountains!

Jeremiah 49:28This is a message about the Kedar people-group and the kingdom of Hazor which the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “ I will cause an army to advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east of Judah.

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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