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14 Bring water to the thirsty
    and greet the fugitives with bread,
    you inhabitants of the land of Tema.[a]
15 For they have fled from the sword,
    from the sharp edge of the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
    and from the stress of battles.

16 For these are the words spoken to me by the Lord: Within a year, as a hired worker reckons time, all the glory of Kedar[b] will come to an end.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:14 Tema: an oasis in the northeastern Arabian peninsula.
  2. Isaiah 21:16 Kedar: a powerful tribe in southern Arabia.