Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.
Jeremiah 25:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who clip the hair on their temples; , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Dedan, Tema, Buz [neighboring tribes north of Arabia], and all who clip off the corners of their hair and beards; [Lev. 19:27; Jer. 9:26.] American Standard Version (1901) Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off; Common English Bible Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who cut the hair of their foreheads; Catholic Public Domain Version and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all those who have shaved off their hair, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Dedan and Thema and Buz and all that have their [hair cut] round. |
Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.
The caravans of Tema look for these streams. The travelling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated, this is what the Lord says: Rise up, attack Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
Their camels will become plunder, and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil. I will scatter them to the wind in every direction, those who clip the hair on their temples; I will bring calamity on them across all their borders. This is the Lord’s declaration.
About Edom, this is what the Lord of Armies says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom rotted away?
Run! Turn back! Lie low, residents of Dedan, for I will bring Esau’s calamity on him at the time I punish him.
‘ “Look, the days are coming #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples. All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.” ’
therefore this is what the Lord God says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off both people and animals from it. I will make it a wasteland; they will fall by the sword from Teman to Dedan.
Men of Dedan , were also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your usual markets. They brought back ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.