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Isaiah 18:2
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2 which (A)sends ambassadors by the sea,
    in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
    to a nation (B)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
    a nation (C)mighty and conquering,
    whose land the rivers divide.

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Isaiah 18:2
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2 Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in (A)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [a](B)tall and smooth,
To a people (C)feared [b]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

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  1. Isaiah 18:2 Lit drawn out
  2. Isaiah 18:2 Lit from it and beyond
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