An Oracle Concerning Cush

18 Ah, land of (A)whirring wings
    that is beyond the rivers of (B)Cush,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Probably Nubia

10 (A)From beyond the rivers (B)of Cush
    my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.

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12 (A)You also, O Cushites,
    shall be slain by my sword.

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(A)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
    (B)and anguish shall be in (C)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and (D)her wealth[a] is carried away,
    and (E)her foundations are torn down.

(F)Cush, and (G)Put, and Lud, and (H)all Arabia, and Libya,[b] and the people of the land that is in league,[c] shall fall with them by the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10
  2. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  3. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant

(A)Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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Lament over Jerusalem

37 (A)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (C)gathered (D)your children together (E)as a hen gathers her brood (F)under her wings, and (G)you were not willing!

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“On that day (A)messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting (B)people of Cush, and (C)anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;[a] for, behold, it comes!

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  1. Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
    and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
    and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
    or consult the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,

(A)who set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
(B)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
    and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

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Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years (A)as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,[a] so shall the (B)king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. (C)Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. And the inhabitants of (D)this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and (E)to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”

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  1. Isaiah 20:3 Probably Nubia

He will (A)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his (B)wings you will (C)find refuge;
    his (D)faithfulness is (E)a shield and buckler.

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for you have been my help,
    and in (A)the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

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Let me (A)dwell in your tent forever!
    Let me take refuge under (B)the shelter of your wings! Selah

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Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (C)the cave.

57 (D)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul (E)takes refuge;
in (F)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    (G)till the storms of destruction pass by.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

(A)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge (B)in the shadow of your wings.

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Keep me as (A)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in (B)the shadow of your wings,

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12 (A)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

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