Isaiah 21:16-17 For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:… They [the sons of Kedar] are numbered hero, not by heads, but by bows, so specifying the fighting men — a mode of numbering common, e.g., among the Indians of America. (F. Delitzsch.) Parallel Verses 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: |
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