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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Gill's Exposition
For thus hath the Lord said unto me,.... The prophet; which confirms what is before said, as well as assures the accomplishment of what follows:
within a year, according to the years of an hireling;…
Barnes' Notes
Within a year - What has been said before was figurative. Here the prophet speaks without a metaphor, and fixes the time when this should be accomplished. It is not usual for the prophets to designate…
Arabia was a large country, that lay eastward and southward of the land of Canaan. Much of it was possessed by the posterity of Abraham. The Dedanim, here mentioned (Isa 21:13), descended from Dedan,…
Cambridge Bible
according to the years of a hireling See on Isa 16:14.
Kedar a tribe of pastoral nomads (Isa 60:7; Eze 27:21) in the Syrian desert (Jer 2:10), is here apparently a comprehensive designation of the…
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