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15 They ·were running [flee] from swords,
    from ·swords ready to kill [L the drawn sword],
from ·bows ready to shoot [the bent bow],
    from ·a hard [the distress/terrors/hardship of] battle.

16 This is what the Lord said to me: “Within a year all the ·glory [splendor] of the country of Kedar will be gone. (This is a year as a hired helper counts time [C carefully calculated; 16:14].) 17 ·At that time [L In that day] only a few of the archers, the ·soldiers [warriors; mighty men] of [L the sons of] Kedar, will be left alive.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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