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Message to Ethiopia
1 Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of 1Or EthiopiaA2 Kin 19:9; Is 20:3-5; Ezek 30:4, 5, 9; Zeph 2:12; 3:10Cush,
2 Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in AEx 2:3papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation 1Lit drawn outBIs 18:7tall and smooth,
To a people CGen 10:8, 9; 2 Chr 12:2-4; 14:9; 16:8feared 2Lit from it and beyondfar and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3 APs 49:1; Mic 1:2All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth,
As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, BIs 26:11you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
4 For thus the Loʀᴅ has told me,
“I will look 1Lit infrom My AIs 26:21; Hos 5:15dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the 2Lit lightB2 Sam 23:4sunshine,
Like a cloud of CProv 19:12; Is 26:19; Hos 14:5dew in the heat of harvest.”
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.
6 They will be left together for mountain birds AIs 46:11; 56:9; Jer 7:33; Ezek 32:4-6; 39:17-20of 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.
7 At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Loʀᴅ of hosts
1So with some ancient versions and DSS; M.T. implies Consisting of a peopleFrom a APs 68:31; Is 45:14; Zeph 3:10; Acts 8:27-38people 2Lit drawn outtall and smooth,
Even from a people feared 3Lit from it and beyondfar and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the BZech 14:16, 17place of the name of the Loʀᴅ of hosts, even Mount Zion.
118:1 Or Ethiopia
A18:1 2 Kin 19:9; Is 20:3-5; Ezek 30:4, 5, 9; Zeph 2:12; 3:10
118:2 Lit drawn out
C18:2 Gen 10:8, 9; 2 Chr 12:2-4; 14:9; 16:8
218:2 Lit from it and beyond
118:4 Lit in
218:4 Lit light
C18:4 Prov 19:12; Is 26:19; Hos 14:5
A18:5 Is 17:10, 11; Ezek 17:6-10
118:5 Lit is finished
A18:6 Is 46:11; 56:9; Jer 7:33; Ezek 32:4-6; 39:17-20
118:7 So with some ancient versions and DSS; M.T. implies Consisting of a people
A18:7 Ps 68:31; Is 45:14; Zeph 3:10; Acts 8:27-38
218:7 Lit drawn out
318:7 Lit from it and beyond
B18:7 Zech 14:16, 17