15 For they have (A)fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,
And from the press of battle.

16 For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a (B)year, as [a]a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of (C)Kedar will come to an end; 17 and the (D)remainder of the number of bowmen, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord God of Israel (E)has spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:16 Lit the years of a hired

15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

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