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.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
- 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:
- NKJV For thus the Lord has said to me: “Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail;
- NASB For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a year, as a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end;
- NLT The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
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Quick answer
Within a year all the glory of Kedar will collapse. It matters because it sets a precise timeframe, underscoring the certainty of the LORD's word.
Overview
The Lord declares that in exactly one year, measured as a hired worker counts his term, Kedar's splendor will fail. The specific timeframe stresses that this judgment is sure and soon. Kedar, a prominent Arabian tribe, stands for the region's pride and strength. The precision of the prophecy testifies to God's sovereign control over the timing of events.
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- Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Song 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Ps 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- Isa 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Jer 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Ezek 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
- Isa 42:11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
- Gen 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- 1 Chr 1:29These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
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