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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"><title>Isaiah 18 Amplified Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">AMP</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/isaiah/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Message to Ethiopia</p><CC><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>whirring wings <t><p class="indent1">Which is beyond the rivers of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Cush (Ethiopia), <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Which sends ambassadors by the sea, <t><p class="indent1">Even in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters. <t><p class="indent1">Go, swift messengers, to a nation [of people] tall and smooth (clean shaven), <t><p class="indent1">To a people feared far and wide, <t><p class="indent1">A powerful and oppressive nation <t><p class="indent1">Whose land the rivers divide. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, <t><p class="indent1">When a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it! <t><p class="indent1">When a trumpet is blown, you will hear it! <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD has said to me, <p class="indent1stline">“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place, <t><p class="indent1">Like shimmering heat above the sunshine, <t><p class="indent1">Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For before the harvest, when the blossom is over <t><p class="indent1">And the flower becomes a ripening grape, <t><p class="indent1">He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives, <t><p class="indent1">And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They (warriors) will be left together for the mountain birds of prey, <t><p class="indent1">And for the beasts of the earth; <t><p class="indent1">And the birds of prey will [spend the] summer <i>feeding</i> on them, <t><p class="indent1">And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts <t><p class="indent1">From a people tall and smooth (clean shaven), <t><p class="indent1">From a people feared far and wide, <t><p class="indent1">A powerful and oppressive nation, <t><p class="indent1">Whose land the rivers divide-- <t><p class="indent1">To the place [of worship] of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>name of the LORD of hosts, to Mount Zion [in Jerusalem].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Perhaps a reference to the warships of Cush.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Ancient Ethiopia was south of Egypt and included portions of modern Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> See note Deut 12:5.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>