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Read Full Chapter (Isaiah 21) Isaiah 21:16-17 KJV
"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: 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."
Isaiah Chapter 21, Verse 16-17
Isaiah 21:16-17 in Context (Verses 13–17 KJV)
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¶ 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.*
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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.*
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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:
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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.*