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26 And he will raise a signal for a nation[a] from afar,
and he will whistle for it from the end of the earth.
And look! It comes quickly, swiftly!
27 None is weary,
    and none among him stumbles;
    none slumbers and none sleeps.
And no loincloth on his waist is opened,
    and no thong of his sandals is drawn away.
28 Whose arrows are sharp,
    and all of his bows are bent.
The hoofs of his horses are reckoned like flint,
    and his wheels like the storm wind.
29 His roaring is like the lion,
    and he roars like young lions.
And he growls and seizes his prey,
    and he carries it off,
    and not one can rescue it.
30 And he will roar over him on that day
    like the roaring of the sea,
and if one looks to the land, look! Darkness! Distress!
    And the light grows dark with its[b] clouds.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:26 The Hebrew is plural, but the following verses refer to the nation as singular
  2. Isaiah 5:30 Presumably the land’s

26 He will (A)raise a signal for nations far away,
    and (B)whistle for them (C)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 (D)None is weary, none stumbles,
    none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
    not a sandal strap broken;
28 (E)their arrows are sharp,
    all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
    and their wheels (F)like the whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion,
    like young lions they roar;
they growl and (G)seize their prey;
    they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, (H)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.

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