What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,[a](A)
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar![b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine
  2. 120:5 = a nomadic people of the desert to the southeast

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(A)

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Daughters of Jerusalem,(A)
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,(B)
yet lovely(C) like the curtains of Solomon.

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Dark am I, yet lovely,(A)
    daughters of Jerusalem,(B)
dark like the tents of Kedar,(C)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.[a]

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  1. Song of Songs 1:5 Or Salma

11 Let the desert and its cities shout,
the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.(A)
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;(B)
let them cry out from the mountaintops.

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11 Let the wilderness(A) and its towns raise their voices;
    let the settlements where Kedar(B) lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela(C) sing for joy;
    let them shout from the mountaintops.(D)

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All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you(A)
and go up on my altar as an acceptable sacrifice.(B)
I will glorify my beautiful house.(C)

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All Kedar’s(A) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(B) on my altar,(C)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.(D)

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10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus[a](A) and take a look.
Send someone to Kedar(B) and consider carefully;
see if there has ever been anything like this:

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  1. 2:10 Lit to the islands of Kittim

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(A) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](B) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert

21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your business partners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

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21 “‘Arabia(A) and all the princes of Kedar(B) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

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