Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Kedar » A nomadic clan of the ishmaelites
the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;
let them cry out from the mountaintops.
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you
and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.
I will glorify My beautiful house.
For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
Verse Concepts
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,
yet lovely
About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon’s king, defeated, this is what the Lord says:
Rise up, go against Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east!
and destroy the people of the east!
Tapestry » In palaces
White and violet linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Verse Concepts
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,
yet lovely
Tents » Of the jews contrasted with those of the arabs
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,
yet lovely
your dwellings, Israel.
Woman » Of the poorer classes swarthy from exposure to the sun
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon. Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard.