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Message
to Ethiopia |
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| Isaiah 18:1 |
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Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond
the rivers of Cush, |
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| Isaiah 18:2 |
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Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in papyrus
vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and
smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose
land the rivers divide. |
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| Isaiah 18:3 |
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All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers
on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And
as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it. |
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| Isaiah 18:4 |
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For thus the LORD has told 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." |
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| Isaiah 18:5 |
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For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms
And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with
pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches. |
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| Isaiah 18:6 |
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They will be left together for 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. |
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| Isaiah 18:7 |
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At that time a gift of homage will be brought
to the LORD of hosts From a people tall and smooth, Even from a people feared
far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide--
To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even Mount Zion. |
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