Isaiah 21:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ and the remaining bows of Kedar’s warriors will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And the remainder of the number of archers and their bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be diminished and few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ there will be few Kedarite archers remaining. The LORD God of Israel has spoken.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

Isaiah 21:17 Cross References

Psalm 107:39

When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 31:2

Yet he is wise and can bring disaster; he does not depart from his words but will rise against the house of the evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without its mate. For his mouth, it has commanded, and his spirit, it has gathered them.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: “To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.”

Jeremiah 44:29

This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words of disaster against you will surely be carried out:

Jeremiah 49:28

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord: Rise up; advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, ‘The Lord of hosts has dealt with us according to our ways and deeds, just as he planned to do.’ ”

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.