Isaiah 18

1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

הֹוי אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעֵבֶר לְנַהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ׃ (2186)

2That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

הַשֹּׁלֵחַ בַּיָּם צִירִים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם לְכוּ ׀ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים אֶל־גֹּוי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמֹורָט אֶל־עַם נֹורָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גֹּוי קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֹו׃ (4291)

3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל וְשֹׁכְנֵי אָרֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵס הָרִים תִּרְאוּ וְכִתְקֹעַ שֹׁופָר תִּשְׁמָעוּ׃ (4822)

4For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי [אֶשְׁקֹוטָה כ] (אֶשְׁקֳטָה ק) וְאַבִּיטָה בִמְכֹונִי כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי־אֹור כְּעָב טַל בְּחֹם קָצִיר׃ (2544)

5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

כִּי־לִפְנֵי קָצִיר כְּתָם־פֶּרַח וּבֹסֶר גֹּמֵל יִהְיֶה נִצָּה וְכָרַת הַזַּלְזַלִּים בַּמַּזְמֵרֹות וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישֹׁות הֵסִיר הֵתַז׃ (5188)

6They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

יֵעָזְבוּ יַחְדָּו לְעֵיט הָרִים וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְקָץ עָלָיו הָעַיִט וְכָל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָף׃ (3285)

7In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

בָּעֵת הַהִיא יוּבַל־שַׁי לַיהוָה צְבָאֹות עַם מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמֹורָט וּמֵעַם נֹורָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גֹּוי ׀ קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֹו אֶל־מְקֹום שֵׁם־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הַר־צִיֹּון׃ (5651)