13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons; their names according to the family records are Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth(A) the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar,(B) Adbeel, Mibsam,

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What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,[a](A)
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar![b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine
  2. 120:5 = a nomadic people of the desert to the southeast

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(A)

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16 For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year,(A) as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar(B) will be gone. 17 The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract(A) would count it, all the splendor(B) of Kedar(C) will come to an end. 17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.(D)” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.(E)

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All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you(A)
and go up on my altar as an acceptable sacrifice.(B)
I will glorify my beautiful house.(C)

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All Kedar’s(A) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(B) on my altar,(C)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.(D)

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10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus[a](A) and take a look.
Send someone to Kedar(B) and consider carefully;
see if there has ever been anything like this:

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Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Lit to the islands of Kittim

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(A) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](B) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert

21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your business partners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

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21 “‘Arabia(A) and all the princes of Kedar(B) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

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