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Isaiah Chapter 18 - New American Standard Bible

1. ALAS, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of [1] Cush,

2. Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation [3] tall and smooth, To a people feared [2] far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.

3. 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.

4. For thus the LORD has told me, «I will look [5] from My dwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the [4] sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.»

5. For before the harvest, as soon as the bud [6] 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.

6. 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.

7. At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts [9] From a people [8] tall and smooth, Even from a people feared [7] 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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Footnotes
  • 1: Lit in
  • 2: Lit light
  • 3: Lit is finished
  • 4: So with some ancient versions and DSS; M.T. implies Consisting of a people
  • 5: Lit drawn out
  • 6: Lit from it and beyond
  • 7: Or burden of
  • 8: Or ghosts and spirits
  • 9: Or fierce

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