Oracle of Judgment on Cush

18 Ah! land of the whirring of wings,

which is beyond the rivers of Cush,

2 that sends messengers by the sea

and in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters!

Go, swift messengers, to a ⌊tall⌋a and ⌊smooth⌋b nation,

to a people feared ⌊near and far⌋,c

a ⌊mighty, mighty⌋d and tramplinge nation,

whose land rivers divide.

3 All you inhabitants of the world

and dwellers of the earth,

⌊when a signal is raised on the⌋f mountains, you must look,

and ⌊when a trumpet is blown⌋,g you must listen!

4 For Yahweh said this to me:

“I will be quiet,

and I will look from my dwelling place

like ⌊clear heat because of light⌋,h

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

5 For before the harvest, ⌊when the blossom is complete⌋i

and a blossom becomes ripening fruit,

and one cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,

and one removes, tears away the tendrils.

6 They shall ⌊all be left⌋j for birdsk of prey of the mountains

and for the animalsl of the earth.

And the birdsm of prey will pass the summer on it,

and every animal of the earth will winter on it.

7 At that time, a giftn will be brought to Yahweh of hosts

from a ⌊tall⌋o and ⌊smooth⌋p people,

and from a people feared near and far,

a mighty, mighty and trampling nation,

whose land the rivers divide,

to the place of the name of Yahweh of hosts,

the mountain of Zion.