Isaiah 18
English Standard Version
An Oracle Concerning Cush
18 Ah, land of (A)whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of (B)Cush,[a]
2 which (C)sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation (D)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation (E)mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.
3 All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when (F)a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown, hear!
4 For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look (G)from my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 (H)For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
6 (I)They shall all of them be left
to the birds of prey of the mountains
and to the beasts of the earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
7 (J)At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts
from a people (K)tall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide,
to (L)Mount Zion, the place of the (M)name of the Lord of hosts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:1 Probably Nubia
Isaías 18
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Profecía acerca de Etiopía
18 ¡Ay del país de amenazantes alas, que está al otro lado de los ríos de Etiopía!(A) 2 ¡País que por el mar, y en naves de junco, envía mensajeros sobre las aguas! ¡Vayan, mensajeros veloces, a esa gente de gran estatura y de brillante piel! ¡Vayan al pueblo siempre temible! ¡Vayan a esa gente fuerte y conquistadora, cuya tierra es surcada por los ríos! 3 Y ustedes todos, habitantes de la tierra, ¡fíjense bien cuando se agite la bandera en los montes! ¡presten atención cuando se toque la trompeta!
4 Porque así me ha dicho el Señor:
«Voy a mantenerme quieto, pero desde mi mansión estaré observando; como el sol brillante después de la lluvia, como una nube de rocío en el calor del verano.»
5 Pero antes de la siega, cuando caída la flor el grano esté maduro y el fruto esté en su punto, él cortará las ramas y podará las ramitas. 6 Entonces todos serán dejados para comida de las aves silvestres y de las bestias salvajes; sobre ellos pasarán las aves el verano, e invernarán todas las bestias salvajes.
7 Cuando llegue el momento, ese pueblo de gran estatura y de piel brillante, ese pueblo siempre temible, fuerte y conquistador, cuya tierra es surcada por los ríos, traerá ofrenda al Señor de los ejércitos; ¡la traerá hasta el monte Sión, hasta el santuario del nombre del Señor de los ejércitos!
Isaiah 18
New International Version
A Prophecy Against Cush
18 Woe(A) to the land of whirring wings[a]
along the rivers of Cush,[b](B)
2 which sends envoys(C) by sea
in papyrus(D) boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,(E)
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive(F) nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.(G)
3 All you people of the world,(H)
you who live on the earth,
when a banner(I) is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet(J) sounds,
you will hear it.
4 This is what the Lord says to me:
“I will remain quiet(K) and will look on from my dwelling place,(L)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(M)
like a cloud of dew(N) in the heat of harvest.”
5 For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(O) the shoots with pruning knives,
and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(P)
6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(Q)
and to the wild animals;(R)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
the wild animals all winter.
7 At that time gifts(S) will be brought to the Lord Almighty
from a people tall and smooth-skinned,(T)
from a people feared(U) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers(V)—
the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.(W)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
- Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region
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