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Isaiah 21:14
Isaiah 21:14 is verse 14 of Isaiah chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
King James Version
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
World English Bible
They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
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Isaiah 21:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
Job 6:19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
Isaiah 16:3“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
Isaiah 16:4Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
Judges 8:4Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
Judges 8:5So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:6But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
Judges 8:7“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.