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Isaiah 21:14

Tema

12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
KJV
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
WEB
They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
ASV
Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
DARBY
Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
BLB
to meet the thirsty one. Bring water, O dwellers of the land of Tema, with his bread meet the one fleeing.
ÅB
Ut til de tørste fører de vann; de som bor i Temas land, kommer de flyktende i møte med brød;
OTB
bring vann til de tørste; dere innbyggere i Tema, møt flyktningene med brød.
B1930
Ut til de tørste fører de vann; de som bor i Temas land, kommer de flyktende i møte med brød;

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