Isaiah 21:16
Verse 16 of 17. The 21st of 66 chapters in Isaiah, in The Major Prophets.
12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16For 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:
17And 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 21:16 in the World English Bible
For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,Read Isaiah 21:16 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:16
It is all ratified by the truth of God (v. 16); "Thus hath the Lord said to me; you may take my word for it that it is his word;" and we may be sure no word of his shall fall to the ground.
Read Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:13–17: The Doom of Arabia. (b. c. 714.)
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