14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food. 15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle. 16 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.
Isaiah 21:14–16
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