Isaiah 21:14

14 Haul water to the thirsty, greet fugitives with bread. Show your desert hospitality, you who live in Tema.

Isaiah 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:14

The inhabitants of the land of Tema
This country had its name from Tema, one of the sons of Ishmael, ( Genesis 25:15 ) . The Targum calls it the land of the south, as if it was Teman. These people were Arabians, and are here said to assist their countrymen, the Dedanites, in distress: brought water to him that was thirsty;
as travellers are wont to be, especially in a desert land, and when fleeing from an enemy; in which circumstances the travelling companies of Dedanim now were: they prevented with their bread him that fled;
gave it to him, being hungry and necessitous, without asking for it. Now all this seems to show what calamities should come upon the inhabitants of some parts of Arabia; that they should lodge in a forest, be hungry and thirsty, and flee before their enemy, as follows.

Isaiah 21:14 In-Context

12 The night watchman calls back, "Morning's coming, But for now it's still night. If you ask me again, I'll give the same answer."

13 A Message concerning Arabia: You'll have to camp out in the desert badlands, you caravans of Dedanites.

14 Haul water to the thirsty, greet fugitives with bread. Show your desert hospitality, you who live in Tema.

15 The desert's swarming with refugees escaping the horrors of war.

16 The Master told me, "Hang on. Within one year - I'll sign a contract on it! - the arrogant brutality of Kedar, those hooligans of the desert, will be over,