1 Woe to the land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Cush,
2 which sends ambassadors by sea in papyrus boats over the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and bronzed, to a nation feared far and wide, a nation conquering and strong, whose land the rivers divide.
3 All you inhabitants of the world, all you who dwell on earth, when a banner on the mountain is raised, look! When a horn on the hill is sounded, listen!
4 For thus Yahweh spoke to me: "From where I dwell, I gaze untroubled, like heat shimmering in the sunshine, like a dewy mist in the heat of harvest."
5 For before the vintage, when the flowers fall, and the blooms become ripened grapes, I will cut shoots and prune and hew away spreading branches.
6 They will be left to the birds of prey and to the beasts of the earth. The birds will feed on them all summer, and the beasts all winter.
7 At that time the tall, bronzed people from a country traversed by rivers - a conquering and strong nation feared far and wide - will bring offerings to Yahweh Sabaoth, to Mount Zion. For this is the place where the name of Yahweh dwells.
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Isaiah 18 deals with Isaiah's prophetic vision about Ethiopia. The chapter begins with a description of the earth that is inhabited by a tall and slender people who live along the banks of the rivers. Then the prophet talks about the message God has to the Ethiopian people and how this message will be delivered. The following verses are related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 18:
Psalm 68:31: "Princes will come from Egypt; Ethiopia will soon extend to God his hands." This verse indicates that Ethiopia will seek God and turn to Him.
Jeremiah 46:9: "Go up, O horses; Furious, O War Cars! Get out, soldiers: Men of Cush and Pute who wield shields and men of Lydia who handle arches and arrows." This verse refers to the Ethiopian armies that were called to fight.
Psalm 105:23: "Then Israel went to Egypt, and Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Cam." This verse refers to the fact that ethiopia is also known as the land of Cam.
Amos 9:7: "Are you not for me as the children of the Ethiopians, O Israelites? Declares the Lord." This verse indicates that God considers the Ethiopians as precious as the Israelites.
Sophons 3:10: "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my worshipers, my dispersion, will bring me offers." This verse refers to God's worshipers from Ethiopia who will bring him offers.
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