Isaiah 18:5-7
International Standard Version
5 For before the harvest, when the season of[a] budding is over,
and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes,[b]
he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives,
clearing away the spreading branches
as he lops them off.
6 And[c] they will all be left
for birds of prey that live on the mountains[d]
and for wild animals.[e]
Birds of prey will pass the summer feeding on them,
and all the wild animals[f] will pass the winter feeding[g] on them.
7 At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
from[h] a tall and smooth-skinned people,
from a people feared far and wide,
a nation that metes out[i] punishment[j] and oppresses,
whose land the rivers divide,
to Mount Zion,
the place that bears[k] the name of the Lord.[l]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:5 1QIsaa MT lack season of
- Isaiah 18:5 Lit. flowers
- Isaiah 18:6 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab lacks And
- Isaiah 18:6 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT read of mountains; LXX reads mountains of heaven
- Isaiah 18:6 Lit. for beasts of the earth; i.e. non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock;
- Isaiah 18:6 Lit. the beasts of the earth; so 1QIsaa; i.e. non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock; MT LXX read every beast of the field
- Isaiah 18:6 1QIsaa MT lack feeding
- Isaiah 18:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsab MT lack from
- Isaiah 18:7 Or nation of strange speech; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads nation with hope
- Isaiah 18:7 1QIsaa MT LXX lack punishment
- Isaiah 18:7 Lit. place of
- Isaiah 18:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX read the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
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