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14 Bring water for the thirsty,
    you who live in the land of Tema.
        Meet the fugitive with bread,[a]
15 For he has fled[b] from swords,
    from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
    and from the heat of battle.”

16 For this is what the Lord[c] is saying to me: “Within three years,[d] according to the years of a contract worker,[e] the pomp[f] of Kedar will come to an end.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads with his bread; 4QIsaa reads and with his bread
  2. Isaiah 21:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads they have fled
  3. Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa; MT reads Lord
  4. Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Within a year
  5. Isaiah 21:16 I.e. as if carefully counted pursuant to an employment contract; cf. Isa 16:14
  6. Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads years, all the pomp

14     bring water for the thirsty;
you who live in Tema,(A)
    bring food for the fugitives.
15 They flee(B) from the sword,(C)
    from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
    and from the heat of battle.

16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract(D) would count it, all the splendor(E) of Kedar(F) will come to an end.

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