ASV_Strong : Isaiah 18
1. Ah[H1945], the land[H776] of the rustling[H6767] of wings[H3671], which is beyond[H5676] the rivers[H5104] of Ethiopia[H3568];
2. that sendeth[H7971] ambassadors[H6735] by the sea[H3220], even in vessels[H3627] of papyrus[H1573] upon[H6440] the waters[H4325], saying[H3212], Go, ye swift[H7031] messengers[H4397], to a nation[H1471] tall[H4900] and smooth[H4178], to a people[H5971] terrible[H3372] from their beginning onward[H1973], a nation[H1471] that meteth out[H6978] and treadeth down[H4001], whose land[H776] the rivers[H5104] divide[H958]!
3. All ye inhabitants[H3427] of the world[H8398], and ye dwellers[H7931] on the earth[H776], when an ensign[H5251] is lifted up[H5375] on the mountains[H2022], see[H7200] ye[H7782]; and when the trumpet is blown[H8628], hear ye[H8085].
4. For thus[H3541] hath Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto me[H8252], I will be still, and I will behold[H5027] in my dwelling-place[H4349], like clear[H6703] heat[H2527] in sunshine[H216], like a cloud[H5645] of dew[H2919] in the heat[H2527] of harvest[H7105].
5. For before[H6440] the harvest[H7105], when the blossom[H6525] is over[H8552], and the flower[H5328] becometh a ripening[H1580] grape[H1155], he will cut off[H3772] the sprigs[H2150] with pruning-hooks[H4211], and the spreading branches[H5189] will he take away[H5493] and cut down[H8456].
6. They shall be left[H5800] together[H3162] unto the ravenous birds[H5861] of the mountains[H2022], and to the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776]; and the ravenous birds[H5861] shall summer[H6972] upon them[H929], and all the beasts of the earth[H776] shall winter upon them[H2778].
7. In that time[H6256] shall a present[H7862] be brought[H2986] unto Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] from a people[H5971] tall[H4900] and smooth[H4178], even from a people[H5971] terrible[H3372] from their beginning onward[H1973], a nation[H1471] that meteth out[H6978] and treadeth down[H4001], whose land[H776] the rivers[H5104] divide[H958], to the place[H4725] of the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the mount[H2022] Zion[H6726].
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