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Isaiah 21:17

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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.

The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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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
The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
KJV
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.
WEB
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
ASV
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
DARBY
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.
BLB
And the remnant of the number of archers, the mighty ones of the sons of Kedar, will be few.” For YHWH, the God of Israel, has spoken.
ÅB
Og tallet på de buer som levnes Kedars helter, skal bli lite; for Herren, Israels Gud, har talt.
[^1]: Babel, som skal bli til en stor øde myr; JES 21, 9. 14, 23.
[^2]: Persia; JES 22, 6.
[^3]: fienden.
[^4]: fienden. JER 51, 8. ÅPE 14, 8; 18, 2. 10.
[^5]: d.e. dødsstillhet; slik kalles her Edom på grunn av den fullstendige ødeleggelse som skal ramme det.
[^6]: senere.
OTB
Antallet av bueskytterne, krigerne i Kedar, vil være få.” Herren, Israels Gud, har talt.
B1930
Og tallet på de buer som levnes Kedars helter, skal bli lite; for Herren, Israels Gud, har talt.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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  • Zechariah 1:6

    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

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  • Isaiah 1:20

    But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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  • Isaiah 17:4–5

    “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

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  • Jeremiah 44:29

    This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.

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  • Psalms 107:39

    When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

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  • Isaiah 10:18–19

    The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

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