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16For 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:

Isaiah 21:16

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 13-17)

Arabia was a large country, that lay eastward and southward of the land of Canaan. Much of it was possessed by the posterity of Abraham. The Dedanim , here mentioned (Isa. 21:13), descended from Dedan, Abraham’s son by Keturah; the inhabitants of Tema and Kedar descended from Ishmael, Gen. 25:3 , 13 , 15 . The Arabians generally lived in tents, and kept cattle, were a hardy people, inured to labou...

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