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Oracle against Arabia

13 An oracle concerning[a] Arabia:

You will spend the night in the thicket in a desert-plateau,[b]
    caravans of Dedanites.
14 When you happen to meet[c] the thirsty, bring water.
    Inhabitants of the land of Tema came to meet the fugitive with his bread.
15 For they have fled from the swords,
    from the drawn sword and the bent bow,
    and from the heaviness of the battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:13 Literally “in”
  2. Isaiah 21:13 The Hebrew for “in a desert-plateau” is the same as for “concerning Arabia” in the preceding line
  3. Isaiah 21:14 Literally “Toward encountering”

A Prophecy Against Arabia

13 A prophecy(A) against Arabia:(B)

You caravans of Dedanites,(C)
    who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14     bring water for the thirsty;
you who live in Tema,(D)
    bring food for the fugitives.
15 They flee(E) from the sword,(F)
    from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
    and from the heat of battle.

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