Isa 18, 20:4-5, 43:3, Jer 46:9-10, Eze 30:4-9 | ESV | STEP | Ah , land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush ,

1 Ah, land of ^awhirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of ^bCush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia}
2 which ^dsends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation ^etall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation ^fmighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.
3 All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when ^ga signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown, hear!
4 For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look ^hfrom my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 ⁱFor before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
6 ^jThey shall all of them be left
to the birds of prey of the mountains
and to the beasts of the earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
7 ^kAt that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts

from a people ^ltall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide,
to ^mMount Zion, the place of the ⁿname of the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 20:4-5

4 so shall the ^oking of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. 5 ^pThen they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Isaiah 43:3

3 For ^qI am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
^rI give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and ^sSeba in exchange for you.

Jeremiah 46:9-10

9 ^tAdvance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and ^uPut who handle the shield,
^vmen of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
10 ^wThat day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
^xa day of vengeance,
^yto avenge himself on his foes.
^zThe sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds ^aaa sacrifice
^abin the north country ^acby the river Euphrates.

Ezekiel 30:4-9

4 ^adA sword shall come upon Egypt,
^aeand anguish shall be in ^afCush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and ^agher wealth ^{▼▼Or multitude; also verse 10} is carried away,
and ^aiher foundations are torn down.
5 ^ajCush, and ^akPut, and Lud, and ^alall Arabia, and Libya, ^{▼▼With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub} and the people of the land that is in league, ^{▼▼Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant} shall fall with them by the sword.

6 “Thus says the Lord:
^aoThose who support Egypt shall fall,
and ^apher proud might shall come down;
^aqfrom Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 ^arAnd they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8 ^asThen they will know that I am the Lord,
when ^atI have set fire to Egypt,
and ^auall her helpers are broken.
9 “On that day ^avmessengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting ^awpeople of Cush, and ^axanguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ^{▼▼Hebrew the day of Egypt} for, behold, it comes!