Isaiah 18:1
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The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South
18:1The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead,1
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
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- 1 Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of . The significance of the qualifying phrase “buzzing wings” is uncertain. Some suggest that the designation points to Cush as a land with many insects. Another possibility is that it refers to the swiftness with which this land’s messengers travel (v. 2a); they move over the sea as swiftly as an insect flies through the air. For a discussion of the options, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (), 1:.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Ah, land of whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Woe to the land of whirring wings
along the rivers of Cush,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush,
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NLTNew Living Translation
Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails
that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Ah! land of the whirring of wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Woe to the land shadowing with wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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