Isaiah 21:17
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. A distressing vision likened to desert whirlwinds announces the fall of Babylon — 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon!' — and calls the watchman on the watchtower to report. Brief oracles follow against Dumah and Arabia.
Autres traductions
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.
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!'
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
Références croisées
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And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall …
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
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But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your …
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.