Psalm 120:5-7

How I suffer in far-off Mesheck. 

    It pains me to live in distant Kedar.*

I am tired of living

    among people who hate peace.

I search for peace;

    but when I speak of peace, they want war! 

 

How I suffer in far-off Mesheck. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.

Jeremiah 2:10-11 

"Go west and look in the land of Cyprus;

    go east and search through the land of Kedar.

Has anyone ever heard of anything

    as strange as this?

Has anyone ever traded its gods for new ones,

    even though they are not gods at all?

Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God

    for worthless idols!"  (see all Jeremiah 2)

Jeremiah 49:28  

This message was given concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. This is what the LORD says:

    "Advance against Kedar!

        Destroy the warriors from the East!"  (Jeremiah 49:28-33)

Isaiah 21:16  

    The Lord said to me, "Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end."  (see Isaiah 21:13-17)

Isaiah 60:7  

"The flocks of Kedar will be given to you,

    and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars.

I will accept their offerings,

    and I will make my Temple glorious."  (see all Isaiah 60)

Ezekiel 27:21  

"The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your (Tyre's) goods."  

(see all Ezekiel 27)

 

I am tired of living among people who hate peace. I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!  

Psalm 55:21  

His words are as smooth as butter,

    but in his heart is war.

His words are as soothing as lotion,

    but underneath are daggers!  (see all Psalm 55)

Psalm 109:1-5  

O God, whom I praise,

    don't stand silent and aloof

while the wicked slander me

    and tell lies about me.

They surround me with hateful words

    and fight against me for no reason.

I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations

    even as I am praying for them!

They repay evil for good,

    and hatred for my love.  (see all Psalm 109)

 

*Kedar - an Arabic tribe descended from Ishmael, which lived in the desert area east of the Jordan River Valley. 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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