Isaiah 5:26-28

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He will also lift up a ^(A)standard to the ^(a)distant nation,
And will ^(B)whistle for it ^(C)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will ^(D)come with speed swiftly.

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^(E)No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the ^(F)belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.

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^(b)^(G)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses ^(c)seem like flint and its chariot ^(H)wheels like a whirlwind.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 5:26: ['Lit ', nations, '; probably Assyria']

b. Isaiah 5:28: ['Lit ', Which, its arrows]

c. Isaiah 5:28: ['Lit ', are regarded as]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 13:2; Isaiah 13:3

B. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 7:18; Zechariah 10:8

C. Isaiah 5:26: Deuteronomy 28:49

D. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 13:5

E. Isaiah 5:27: Joel 2:7; Joel 2:8

F. Isaiah 5:27: Job 12:18

G. Isaiah 5:28: Psalm 7:12; Psalm 7:13; Psalm 45:5; Isaiah 13:18

H. Isaiah 5:28: Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 4:13