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Isaiah 18

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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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