Isaías 21:14

14 Saí com água ao encontro dos sedentos; ó moradores da terra de Tema, saí com pão ao encontro dos fugitivos.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 21:14 In-Context

12 Respondeu o guarda: Vem a manhã, e também a noite; se quereis perguntar, perguntai; voltai, vinde.

13 Oráculo contra a Arábia. Nos bosques da Arábia passareis a noite, ó caravanas de dedanitas.

14 Saí com água ao encontro dos sedentos; ó moradores da terra de Tema, saí com pão ao encontro dos fugitivos.

15 pois fogem diante das espadas, diante da espada desembainhada, e diante do arco armado, e diante da pressão da guerra.

16 porque assim me disse o Senhor: Dentro de um ano, tal como os anos de jornaleiro, toda a glória de Quedar esvaecerá.