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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, Verse 17

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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:
King James Version
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].
American Standard Version
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
New English Translation
Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the LORD God of Israel has spoken.
World English Bible
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."
1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far.
4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5
For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
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And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
9
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.