Isaiah 18:1–4
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*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.
Footnotes
- aComp. 2 Kin. 19:9. ch. 20:4, 5. Ezek. 30:4, 5, 9. Zeph. 2:12. & 3:10.
- bSee ch. 8:8.
- cSee ch. 11:11.
- dch. 57:9 (Heb.).
- ech. 19:5.
- fSee Ex. 2:3.
- gEccles. 9:11. ch. 19:1. & 30:16. Jer. 2:23. & 46:6. Lam. 4:19. Amos 2:14, 15. Comp. Job 9:26.
- hver. 7.
- ||Or, i outspread and j polished. ver. 7. i Comp. ch. 45:14.
- jEzek. 29:18. Comp. 1 Kin. 7:45 marg.
- hver. 7.
- kSo Heb. of 1 Sam. 18:9. Ezek. 39:22.
- ||Or, a nation that meteth out, and l treadeth down.
- †Heb. a nation of m line, line, and treading under foot.
- hver. 7.
- ||Or, whose land the rivers despise.
- hver. 7.
- nSee ch. 5:26.
- ||Or, regerd o my set dwelling.
- oSee Ps. 89:14. Comp. Ps. 99:1.
- ||Or, after rain.
- pSo 2 Kin. 4:39. ch. 26:19.
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- *About B.C. 714.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Ah, land of whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
which sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.
All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown, hear!
For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look from my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Woe to the land of whirring wings
along the rivers of Cush,
which sends envoys by sea
in papyrus boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.
All you people of the world,
you who live on the earth,
when a banner is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet sounds,
you will hear it.
This is what the Lord says to me:
“I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush,
which sends envoys by sea,
in reed vessels over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth-skinned,
to a people feared far and near,
a powerful nation with a strange language,
whose land is divided by rivers.
All you inhabitants of the world
and you who live on the earth,
when a banner is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet sounds, listen!
For the Lord said to me:
I will quietly look out from my place,
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails
that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
that sends ambassadors
in swift boats down the river.
Go, swift messengers!
Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide
for their conquests and destruction,
and whose land is divided by rivers.
All you people of the world,
everyone who lives on the earth—
when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look!
When I blow the ram’s horn, listen!
For the Lord has told me this:
“I will watch quietly from my dwelling place—
as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day,
or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Ah! land of the whirring of wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
that sends messengers by the sea
and in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters!
Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth nation,
to a people feared near and far,
a mighty, mighty and trampling nation,
whose land rivers divide.
All you inhabitants of the world
and dwellers of the earth,
when a signal is raised on the mountains, you must look,
and when a trumpet is blown, you must listen!
For Yahweh said this to me:
“I will be quiet,
and I will look from my dwelling place
like clear heat because of light,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press