² Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in ^(A)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation ^[a](B)tall and smooth,
To a people ^(C)feared ^[b]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

⁷ At that time a gift of tribute will be brought to the Lord of armies
^[a]From a ^(A)people ^[b]tall and smooth,
From a people feared ^[c]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the ^(B)place of the name of the Lord of armies, to Mount Zion.