关于古实的预言

18 古实河那边、翅膀刷刷作响之地有祸了!

那里派出的使节乘芦苇船行驶在水面上。
迅捷的使节啊,
去身材高大、皮肤光滑、
远近畏惧、强盛凶悍、
国土河流纵横的民族那里吧!

世上的一切居民啊,
山上竖立旗帜的时候,
你们要看;
号角吹响的时候,你们要听。
耶和华对我说:
“我要从我的居所静静地观看,
无声无息,就像艳阳下的热气,
又如夏收时节的露水。”
在收割之前,
在花已凋谢、葡萄将熟之时,
耶和华必毁灭古实人,
就像用刀削去葡萄树的嫩枝,
砍掉蔓延的枝条。
他们的尸首成了山间鸷鸟和田野走兽的食物,
夏天被鸷鸟啄食,
冬天被走兽吞噬。

那时,这身材高大、皮肤光滑、
远近畏惧、强盛凶悍、
国土河流纵横的民族,
必带着礼物来到锡安山,
献给万军之耶和华。

關於古實的預言

18 古實河那邊、翅膀刷刷作響之地有禍了!

那裡派出的使節乘蘆葦船行駛在水面上。
迅捷的使節啊,
去身材高大、皮膚光滑、
遠近畏懼、強盛兇悍、
國土河流縱橫的民族那裡吧!

世上的一切居民啊,
山上豎立旗幟的時候,
你們要看;
號角吹響的時候,你們要聽。
耶和華對我說:
「我要從我的居所靜靜地觀看,
無聲無息,就像豔陽下的熱氣,
又如夏收時節的露水。」
在收割之前,
在花已凋謝、葡萄將熟之時,
耶和華必毀滅古實人,
就像用刀削去葡萄樹的嫩枝,
砍掉蔓延的枝條。
他們的屍首成了山間鷙鳥和田野走獸的食物,
夏天被鷙鳥啄食,
冬天被走獸吞噬。

那時,這身材高大、皮膚光滑、
遠近畏懼、強盛兇悍、
國土河流縱橫的民族,
必帶著禮物來到錫安山,
獻給萬軍之耶和華。

Proclamation Against Ethiopia

18 Woe (A)to the land shadowed with buzzing wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of [a]Ethiopia,
Which sends ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide.”

All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth:
(B)When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it;
And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.
For so the Lord said to me,
“I will take My rest,
And I will [b]look from My dwelling place
Like clear heat in sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away and cut down the branches.
They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey
And for the beasts of the earth;
The birds of prey will summer on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

In that time (C)a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts
[c]From a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts,
To Mount Zion.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Heb. Cush
  2. Isaiah 18:4 watch
  3. Isaiah 18:7 So with DSS, LXX, Vg.; MT omits From; Tg. To