Isaiah 21:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

What this verse means

Read Isaiah 21:17 in the flow of Isaiah21 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Isaiah21 to see the surrounding context.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 21:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  2. Psalms 107:39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
  3. Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  4. Isaiah 10:18The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
  5. Isaiah 17:4“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
  6. Isaiah 31:2Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
  7. Isaiah 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
  8. Isaiah 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
  9. Jeremiah 44:29This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
  10. Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
  11. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring