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Isaiah 21:16
For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
Isaiah 21:16 · Bible in Basic English
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Isaiah 21:16 in other translations
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:
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.
For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
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In context
13 The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
14 Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
16 For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
17 And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
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