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Isaiah 21:16
Isaiah 21:16 is verse 16 of Isaiah chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
World English Bible
For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
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Isaiah 21:14–17 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
Isaiah 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Isaiah 42:11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Genesis 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 1:29These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.