1 Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2 which sends ambassadors by sea and in vessels of papyrus above the waters. Go forth, O swift Angels, to a nation which has been convulsed and torn apart, to a terrible people, after whom there is no other, to a nation apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have spoiled.
3 All inhabitants of the world, you who dwell upon the earth: when the sign will have been elevated on the mountains, you will see, and you will hear the blast of the trumpet.
4 For the Lord says this to me: I will be quiet, and I will consider in my place, as the light at midday is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of the harvest.
5 For before the harvest, all was flourishing. And it will spring forth with an untimely completion, and its little branches will be pruned with a curved blade. And what is left over will be cut away and shaken off.
6 And together they will be abandoned to the birds of the mountains and to the wild beasts of the earth. And the birds will be continuously on them in the summer, and all the wild beasts of the earth will winter over them.
7 In that time, a gift will be carried to the Lord of hosts, from a people divided and torn apart, from a terrible people, after whom there has been no other, from an apprehensive nation, apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have ruined, and it will be carried to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Zion.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 18:
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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