The Meaning of Isaiah 21:16 Explained

Isaiah 21:16

KJV: For 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:

YLT: For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

Darby: For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

ASV: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For 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: 

What does Isaiah 21:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 21

1  The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people,
6  sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians
11  Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance
13  The set time of Arabia's calamity

What do the individual words in Isaiah 21:16 mean?

For thus has said Yahweh to me Within a year according to the year of a hired man and will fail all the glory of Kedar
כִּי־ כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־ כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר

כֹ֛ה  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֥ר  has  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲדֹנָ֖י  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
אֵלָ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בְּע֤וֹד  Within 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
שָׁנָה֙  a  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
כִּשְׁנֵ֣י  according  to  the  year 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
שָׂכִ֔יר  of  a  hired  man 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: שָׂכִיר  
Sense: hired.
וְכָלָ֖ה  and  will  fail 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
כְּב֥וֹד  the  glory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כָּבֹוד  
Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.
קֵדָֽר  of  Kedar 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קֵדָר  
Sense: a son of Ishmael.