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Isaiah 21:15
For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
Isaiah 21:15 · Young's Literal Translation
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Isaiah 21:15 in other translations
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
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In context
12 The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
13 The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.
14 To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
15 For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
16 For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.
17 And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'
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