Isaiah 18
Message to Ethiopia
1 Woe, land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of ▼
▼Or Ethiopia
bCush, 2 Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in cpapyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation ▼
▼Lit drawn out
etall and smooth, To a people ffeared ▼
▼Lit from it and beyond
far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3 hAll you who inhabit the world, and live on earth,
As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, iyou will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it. 4 For this is what the Lord has told me:
“I will quietly look ▼
▼Lit in
from My kdwelling place Like dazzling heat in the ▼
▼Lit light
msunshine, Like a cloud of ndew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For obefore the harvest, as soon as the bud ▼
▼Lit is finished
blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,
And remove and tear away the spreading branches.
6 They will be left together for mountain birds qof prey,
And for the animals of the earth;
And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
And all the animals of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
7 At that time a gift of tribute will be brought to the Lord of armies
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▼Some ancient versions and DSS; MT implies Consisting of a people
From a speople ▼▼Lit drawn out
tall and smooth, From a people feared ▼
▼Lit from it and beyond
far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide--
To the vplace of the name of the Lord of armies, to Mount Zion.
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