Isaiah 21:17

21:17 Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” ¹  Indeed, ²  the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

Isaiah 22:25

22:25 “At that time,” ³  says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” ⁴  Indeed, ⁵  the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 13:15

13:15 Then I said to the people of Judah, ⁶ 

“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant!

For the Lord has spoken.

Micah 4:4

4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine

or under his own fig tree without any fear. ⁷ 

The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “and the remnant of the number of the bow, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few.”

² tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

³ tn Or “In that day” (KJV).

⁴ sn Eliakim’s authority, though seemingly secure, will eventually be removed, and with it his family’s prominence.

⁵ tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁶ tn The words “Then I said to the people of Judah” are not in the text but are implicit from the address in v. 15 and the content of v. 17. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show the shift from the Lord speaking to Jeremiah.

⁷ tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”

⁸ tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.”