Bible verse

Isaiah 21:16

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
Isaiah 21:16 · BSB

Isaiah 21:16 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 21.

12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

15 For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

KJV

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:

ASV

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

ERV

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:

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