Isaiah Chapter 21 verse 14 Holy Bible
Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
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Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
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Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
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To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
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To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water; rather, bring? water, O inhabitants. Tema is reasonably identified with the modern Taima, a village of the Hauran, on the caravan route between Palmyra and Peira. Its inhabitants are exhorted to bring water to the thirsty Dedanites, as they pass along this route with their "travelling companies." (For other mentions of Tome, which must not be confounded with Teman, see Job 6:19 and Jeremiah 25:23.) They prevented with their bread him that fled. Several commentators take this clause as imperative, like the last, and render, "With his bread meet the fugitive;" but the existing Hebrew text seems to require the rendering of the Authorized Version. Dr. Kay understands the prophet to mean that the men of Tema did not need exhortation; already of their own accord had they given of their bread to the fugitive Dedanites.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) The inhabitants of . . . Tema . . .--Another element of suffering comes into the picture. The Dedanites, driven out of their usual route into the desert, find their provisions fail them, and the men of Tema, fearing to invite them to their tents, lest they too should be smitten by the invader, are compelled to take out bread and water stealthily. The name of Tema (now Taima), is found on the pilgrim route from Damascus to Mecca, and again on that between Palmyra and Petra, on the east of the Hauran mountains.They prevented with their bread--i.e., they went out to welcome him (the fugitive), without waiting till he came as a suppliant. Their very hospitality, in strange contrast with Arab usage, had to be practised in secret.
