Isaiah 18
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1Tragedy is coming to the land of whirring wings that lies along the rivers of Ethiopia, 2They send messengers downriver#18:2. Probably referring to the Nile. Literally, “sea.” in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers.#18:2. The Hebrew of this verse is unclear and has been variously interpreted.
3All you people of the world, everyone who lives on earth—you will see when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will hear when a trumpet sounds. 4For this is what the Lord has told me: I will watch quietly from where I live, quiet as heat haze in sunlight, quiet as a mistcloud in the heat of harvest. 5For before the harvest, after the flower is gone and becomes an unripe grape, he prunes the vine with a knife to take out the shoots and branches. 6They will all be left as carrion for the birds of prey of the mountains, and for the wild animals. The birds will eat them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
7At that time a gift will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared by everyone, from a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers. It will be brought to Mount Zion, the place identified with the Lord Almighty.
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Isaiah 18
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Message to Ethiopia
1Woe, land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of #18:1 Or EthiopiaCush,
2Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation #18:2 Lit drawn outtall and smooth,
To a people feared #18:2 Lit from it and beyondfar and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3All you who inhabit the world, and live on earth,
As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
4For this is what the Lord has told me:
“I will quietly look #18:4 Lit infrom My dwelling place
Like dazzling heat in the #18:4 Lit lightsunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5For before the harvest, as soon as the bud #18:5 Lit is finishedblossoms
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,
And remove and tear away the spreading branches.
6They will be left together for mountain birds of 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.
7At that time a gift of tribute will be brought to the Lord of armies
# 18:7 Some ancient versions and DSS; MT implies Consisting of a people From a people #18:7 Lit drawn outtall and smooth,
From a people feared #18:7 Lit from it and beyondfar and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of armies, to Mount Zion.
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