Isaiah 18
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An Oracle Concerning Ethiopia
1#2Ki 19:9; Eze 30:4–5 Woe to the land vibrating with wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2#Ge 10:8–9; 2Ch 12:2–4 which sends ambassadors by the sea,
even in vessels of reeds on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth,
to a people feared far and wide,
a nation strong and oppressive,
whose land the rivers have divided.”
3#Isa 5:26; 26:11 All you inhabitants of the world,
and dwellers on the earth:
When he lifts up a banner on the mountains,
you will see it;
and when he blows a trumpet,
you will hear it.
4#Isa 26:21; Hos 5:15 For so the Lord said to me:
I will look from My dwelling place quietly,
like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
5#Eze 17:6–10 For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
and the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
then He shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
and take away and cut down the branches.
6#Jer 7:33; Eze 32:4–6 They shall be left together for the fowl of the mountains
and for the beasts of the earth;
and the fowl shall spend the summer feeding on them,
and all the beasts of the earth shall spend the winter on them.
7#Isa 45:14; Zep 3:10In that time a present shall be brought to the Lord of Hosts
from a people tall and smooth,
and from a people feared far and wide,
a nation strong and oppressive,
whose land the rivers have divided,
to the place of the name of the Lord of Hosts, even Mount Zion.
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Isaiah 18
18
Oracle of Judgment on Cush
1Ah! land of the whirring of wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
2that sends messengers by the sea
and in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters!
Go, swift messengers, to a tall#Literally “stretched out” and smooth#Literally “peeled,” “wiped clean,” or “hairless” nation,
to a people feared near and far,#Literally “from this and beyond”
a mighty, mighty#Perhaps this is a gibberish phrase in Hebrew, qaw-qaw and trampling#Meaning uncertain nation,
whose land rivers divide.
3All you inhabitants of the world
and dwellers of the earth,
when a signal is raised on the#Literally “as a raising of a signal” mountains, you must look,
and when a trumpet is blown,#Literally “as a blowing of a trumpet” you must listen!
4For Yahweh said this to me:
“I will be quiet,
and I will look from my dwelling place
like clear heat because of light,#The meaning of this phrase is uncertain; perhaps the “light” is sunlight
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5For before the harvest, when the blossom is complete#Literally “as a completion of a blossom”
and a blossom becomes ripening fruit,
and one cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and one removes, tears away the tendrils.
6They shall all be left#Literally “be left together” for birds#Hebrew “bird” of prey of the mountains
and for the animals#Hebrew “animal” of the earth.
And the birds#Hebrew “bird” of prey will pass the summer on it,
and every animal of the earth will winter on it.
7At that time, a gift#Perhaps tribute is meant will be brought to Yahweh of hosts
from a tall#Literally “stretched out” and smooth#Literally “peeled,” “wiped clean,” or “hairless” people,
and from a people feared near and far,
a mighty, mighty and trampling nation,
whose land the rivers divide,
to the place of the name of Yahweh of hosts,
the mountain of Zion.
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