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16 “But a long year from now,”[a] says the Lord, “the great power of their enemy, the mighty tribe of Kedar, will end. 17 Only a few of its stalwart archers will survive.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:16 But a long year from now. The Dead Sea manuscript reads, “within three years, according to the year of a hireling,” like 16:14. the great power of their enemy, implied.

16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract(A) would count it, all the splendor(B) of Kedar(C) will come to an end. 17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.(D)” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.(E)

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