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Isaiah 21:17

Only a few of the archers, the warriors of Kedar will remain,” for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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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 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

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 Or a human being, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he promised anything without doing it? 2 Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?

Isaiah 1:20but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you,” 1 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. 1

Isaiah 17:4It will come about on that day 1 that the glory of Jacob will become thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean. 1

Isaiah 34:16Search through the scroll of Yahweh; not one of these will be missing. 1 None will lack for a mate; for his mouth has commanded it, and his spirit has gathered them. 1

Jeremiah 44:29This will be the sign for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—that I am setting against you in this place, so that you will know that my words will certainly attack you with disaster.'

Matthew 24:35Heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never 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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