“Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.”
Isaiah 42:11
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Connection with Kedar and the nations
Kedar was a son of Ishmael, the boy whose name means God hears. "Villages" here is the Hebrew chatser, the same word Genesis 25:16 uses for the settlements of Ishmael's sons. In this Servant song, which promises "a light to the nations" (Isaiah 42:6), his descendants are called to sing.
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