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Isaiah 21:15

Isaiah 21:15 is verse 15 of Isaiah chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

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King James Version

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

World English Bible

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

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Isaiah 21:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 6:19

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Job 6:20

They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

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