Isaiah 21:13

The Lord Will Judge Arabia

21:13 Here is a message about Arabia:

In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night,

you Dedanite caravans.

Isaiah 21:16-17

21:16 For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. 21:17 Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.


tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

tn Heb “in still a year, like the years of a hired worker.” See the note at 16:14.

tn Heb “and the remnant of the number of the bow, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few.”

tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).