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Isaiah 21:15-17
International Standard Version
Isaiah 21:15-17
International Standard Version
15 For he has fled[a] from swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the heat of battle.”
16 For this is what the Lord[b] is saying to me: “Within three years,[c] according to the years of a contract worker,[d] the pomp[e] of Kedar will come to an end. 17 And there will be few archers, those who are descendants of Kedar, who survive, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”
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- Isaiah 21:15 So 1QIsaa; MT reads they have fled
- Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa; MT reads Lord
- Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Within a year
- Isaiah 21:16 I.e. as if carefully counted pursuant to an employment contract; cf. Isa 16:14
- Isaiah 21:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads years, all the pomp
Isaiah 21:15-17
New International Version
Isaiah 21:15-17
New International Version
15 They flee(A) from the sword,(B)
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(C) would count it, all the splendor(D) of Kedar(E) will come to an end. 17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.(F)” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.(G)
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