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 [^Ccarefully calculated; 16:14].) ¹⁷ ·At that time [^LIn that day] only a few of the archers, the ·soldiers [warriors; mighty men] of [^Lthe sons of] Kedar, will be left alive.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.