Isaiah 18
New American Standard Bible 1995
Message to Ethiopia
18 Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of [a](A)Cush,
2 Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in (B)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [b](C)tall and smooth,
To a people (D)feared [c]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3 (E)All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth,
As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, (F)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 [d]from My (G)dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the [e](H)sunshine,
Like a cloud of (I)dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For (J)before the harvest, as soon as the bud [f]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 (K)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
[g]From a (L)people [h]tall and smooth,
Even from a people feared [i]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the (M)place of the name of the Lord of hosts, even Mount Zion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:1 Or Ethiopia
- Isaiah 18:2 Lit drawn out
- Isaiah 18:2 Lit from it and beyond
- Isaiah 18:4 Lit in
- Isaiah 18:4 Lit light
- Isaiah 18:5 Lit is finished
- Isaiah 18:7 So with some ancient versions and DSS; M.T. implies Consisting of a people
- Isaiah 18:7 Lit drawn out
- Isaiah 18:7 Lit from it and beyond
Isaiah 20:4-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 so the (A)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, (B)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [a]shame of Egypt. 5 Then they will be (C)dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their (D)boast.
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- Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness
Ezekiel 30:4-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 “A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in [a]Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They (A)take away her [b]wealth,
And her foundations are torn down.
5 [c]Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all [d](B)Arabia, [e]Libya and the [f]people of the land [g]that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says the Lord,
“Indeed, those who support (C)Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.
7 “They will be desolate
In the (D)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 “And they will (E)know that I am the Lord,
When I set a (F)fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
9 On that day (G)messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten (H)secure [h]Ethiopia; and (I)anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”
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- Ezekiel 30:4 Lit Cush
- Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit Cush
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or the mixed people
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or Cub
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit sons
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit of the covenant
- Ezekiel 30:9 Lit Cush
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