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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 18 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Isaiah 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/17.htm" title="Isaiah 17">◄</a> Isaiah 18 <a href="../isaiah/19.htm" title="Isaiah 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/isaiah/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Rebuke to Cush</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to the land of whirring wings</p> <p class="poetry2">that is beyond the rivers of Cush,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:1 i.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>which sends envoys by the sea,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:2 Or Nile">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">in papyrus boats over the water!</p> <p class="poetry2">Go, swift messengers,</p> <p class="poetry2">to a tall, smooth-skinned nation,</p> <p class="poetry2">to a people feared far and wide,</p> <p class="poetry2">a nation that metes out<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:2 Or nation of strange speech; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads nation without hope">c</a></span> punishment<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:2 1QIsaa MT LXX lack punishment">d</a></span> and oppresses,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose land the rivers divide.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All you inhabitants of the world,</p> <p class="poetry2">you who live on the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">when a banner is raised on the mountains,</p> <p class="poetry2">you’ll see it.</p> <p class="poetry2">When a trumpet sounds,</p> <p class="poetry2">you’ll hear it!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD told me:</p> <p class="poetry2">“I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place</p> <p class="poetry2">like dazzling heat in sunshine,</p> <p class="poetry2">like a cloud of dew in the heat<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:4 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read on the day">e</a></span> of harvest.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For before the harvest, when the season of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:5 1QIsaa MT lack season of">f</a></span> budding is over,</p> <p class="poetry2">and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:5 Lit. flowers">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives,</p> <p class="poetry2">clearing away the spreading branches</p> <p class="poetry2">as he lops them off.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:6 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab lacks And">h</a></span> they will all be left</p> <p class="poetry2">for birds of prey that live on the mountains<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:6 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT read of mountains; LXX reads mountains of heaven">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and for wild animals.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:6 Lit. for beasts of the earth; i.e. non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock;">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Birds of prey will pass the summer feeding on them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all the wild animals<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="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">k</a></span> will pass the winter feeding<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:6 1QIsaa MT lack feeding">l</a></span> on them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies</p> <p class="poetry2">from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsab MT lack from">m</a></span> a tall and smooth-skinned people,</p> <p class="poetry2">from a people feared far and wide,</p> <p class="poetry2">a nation that metes out<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 Or nation of strange speech; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads nation with hope">n</a></span> punishment<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 1QIsaa MT LXX lack punishment">o</a></span> and oppresses,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose land the rivers divide,</p> <p class="poetry2">to Mount Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">the place that bears<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 Lit. place of">p</a></span> the name of the LORD.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="18:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX read the LORD of the Heavenly Armies">q</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 18:1 i.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 18:2 Or <i>Nile</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 18:2 Or <i>nation of strange speech</i>; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads <i>nation without hope</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 18:2 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>punishment</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 18:4 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read <i>on the day</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 18:5 1QIsaa MT lack <i>season of</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 18:5 Lit. <i>flowers</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 18:6 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab lacks <i>And</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 18:6 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT read <i>of mountains</i>; LXX reads <i>mountains of heaven</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 18:6 Lit. <i>for beasts of the earth</i>; i.e. non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock<i>;</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 18:6 Lit. <i>the beasts of the earth</i>; so 1QIsaa; i.e. non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock<i>; </i>MT LXX read <i>every beast of the field</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 18:6 1QIsaa MT lack <i>feeding</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 18:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsab MT lack <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 18:7 Or <i>nation of strange speech</i>; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads <i>nation with hope</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 18:7 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>punishment</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 18:7 Lit. <i>place of</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 18:7 So 1QIsaa; 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