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Isaiah 21:16
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.
from The Burden against Arabia, Isaiah 21:13-17
What it says

Within one year, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

What it is doing

This verse gives the oracle a fixed and imminent timetable.

In context

13This is the burden against Arabia: 14Bring water for the thirsty, 15For they flee from the sword— 16For 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. 17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.”