Isaiah 18

^aWoe to the land shadowing ^bwith wings,

Which is beyond the rivers of ^cEthiopia:

^2dThat sendeth ambassadors by ^ethe sea,

Even in vessels of ^fbulrushes upon the waters, saying,

Go, ye ^gswift messengers,

To ^ha nation scattered and ^jpeeled,

^hTo a people terrible ^kfrom their beginning hitherto;

^hA nation meted out and trodden down,

^hWhose land the rivers have spoiled.

³All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth,

See ye, when he ⁿlifteth up an ensign on the mountains;

And when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

⁴For so the Lord said unto me,

I will take my rest, and I will consider in ^omy dwelling place

Like a clear heat upon ^pherbs,

And like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

⁵For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect,

And ^qthe sour grape is ripening in ^qthe flower,

He shall both cut off the sprigs with ^rpruning hooks,

And take away and cut down ^sthe branches.

^6tThey shall be left together unto ^uthe fowls of the mountains,

And to the beasts of the earth:

And ^uthe fowls shall summer upon them,

And all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

⁷In that time ^vshall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts

Of ^ha people scattered and peeled,

And from ^ha people terrible from their beginning hitherto;

^hA nation meted out and trodden under foot,

^hWhose land the rivers have spoiled,

To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

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