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Isaiah 18

Message to Ethiopia

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Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of  1 aCush,

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Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in  apapyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation  1 btall and smooth, To a people  cfeared  2far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.

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 aAll you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains,  byou will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.

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For thus the LORD has told me, "I will look  1from My  adwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the  2 bsunshine, Like a cloud of  cdew in the heat of harvest."

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For  abefore the harvest, as soon as the bud  1blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches.

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They will be left together for mountain birds  aof prey, And for the beasts of the earth; And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.

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At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts  1From a  apeople  2tall and smooth, Even from a people feared  3far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide-- To the  bplace of the name of the LORD of hosts, even Mount Zion.



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