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Isaiah 21:17 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 17
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.Isaiah 21:17 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:17 in context
15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16For 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:
17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- diminishedmâʻaṭproperly, to pare offH4591 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- residueshᵉʼâra remainderH7605 →
- archersqeshetha bow, forshooting or the irisH7198 →
- numbermiçpâra number, definite or indefinite (large, innumerableH4557 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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Arabia was a large country, that lay eastward and southward of the land of Canaan. Much of it was possessed by the posterity of Abraham. The Dedanim, here mentioned (Isa 21:13), descended from Dedan, Abraham's son by Keturah; the inhabitants of Tema and Kedar descended from Ishmael, Gen 25:3, Gen 25:13, Gen 25:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-17