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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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

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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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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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

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

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