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Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 18

to the land of , beyond the rivers of —that sends envoys by sea, in boats of across the water— Go, swift messengers, to a nation , to a people , a nation of , whose land is .All you who live on the earth, you who dwell in the world— when a rises on the mountains, look! When a blasts, listen!For this is what told me: “I will be still and watch from where I dwell, like in the sunshine, like a in the warmth of harvest.”For before the , when the blossoming is done and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with and hack away the spreading branches.They will all be left for the mountain and for the wild animals of the earth. The birds will feed on them through the , and every wild animal will feed on them through the .At that time, will be brought to — from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and wide, a nation of strength and conquest whose land is cut through by rivers— to the place of the name of Yahweh who commands armies: .