Isaiah 21:15

For they have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword, 1 from the bent bow, and from the weight of war.

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

In Context

14Bring water for the thirsty; 1 inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet the fugitives with bread. 1

16For this is what the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a laborer hired for a year would see it, all the glory of Kedar will end.

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Cross References

Job 6:19Caravans from Tema looked there, 1 while companies of Sheba hoped in them. 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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