Isaiah 18:1-7 - Oracle Of Judgment On Cush
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Which lies beyond the rivers of
Even in
Go, swift messengers, to a nation
To a people
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
4 For thus the Lord has told me,
“I will look
Like dazzling heat in the
Like a cloud of
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives
And remove and cut away the spreading branches.
And for the beasts of the earth;
And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
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Even from a people feared
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the