Isaiah 18
18
An Oracle Concerning Cush
1Ah, land of #[ch. 8:8; 17:12] whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of #2 Kgs. 19:9Cush,#18:1 Probably Nubia
2which #ch. 30:4 sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation #ver. 7 tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation #[2 Sam. 8:2]mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.
3All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when #See ch. 5:26a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown, hear!
4For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look #Ps. 11:4from my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 # [Ezek. 31:3, 12, 13] For 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 # [See ver. 5 above] They 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 #
Ps. 68:31 At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts
from a people #ver. 2 tall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide,
to #[ch. 25:10] Mount Zion, the place of the #2 Sam. 7:13name of the Lord of hosts.
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Isaiah 18
18
Message to Ethiopia
1Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of #Perhaps a reference to the warships of Cush.whirring wings
Which is beyond the rivers of #Ancient Ethiopia was south of Egypt and included portions of modern Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.Cush (Ethiopia),
2Which sends ambassadors by the sea,
Even in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [of people] tall and smooth (clean shaven),
To a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth,
When a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it!
When a trumpet is blown, you will hear it!
4For this is what the Lord has said to me,
“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
6They (warriors) will be left together for the mountain birds of prey,
And for the beasts of the earth;
And the birds of prey will [spend the] summer feeding on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
7At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hosts
From a people tall and smooth (clean shaven),
From a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place [of worship] of the #See note Deut 12:5.name of the Lord of hosts, to Mount Zion [in Jerusalem].
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