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They will all be left[a] for the birds of the hills
and the wild animals;[b]
the birds will eat them during the summer,
and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.
At that time
tribute will be brought to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,
a people that are feared far and wide,
a nation strong and victorious,
whose land rivers divide.[c]
The tribute[d] will be brought to the place where the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:6 tn Heb “they will be left together” (so NASB).
  2. Isaiah 18:6 tn Heb “the beasts of the earth” (so KJV, NASB).
  3. Isaiah 18:7 tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.
  4. Isaiah 18:7 tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.
  5. Isaiah 18:7 tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”