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Land of buzzing insects,<a id="rfn29018001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29018001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,<a id="ren29018001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29018001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29018002" class="ver">2</span>Sending ambassadors by sea,</p> <p class="sl1">in papyrus boats on the waters!</p> <p class="sl">Go, swift messengers,</p> <p class="sl1">to a nation tall and bronzed,</p> <p class="sl">To a people dreaded near and far,</p> <p class="sl1">a nation strong and conquering,</p> <p class="sl1">whose land is washed by rivers.<a id="ren29018002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29018002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29018003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn29018003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29018003-1">*</a> All you who inhabit the world,</p> <p class="sl1">who dwell on earth,</p> <p class="sl">When the signal is raised on the mountain, look!</p> <p class="sl1">When the trumpet blows, listen!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29018004" class="ver">4</span>For thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> to me:</p> <p class="sl1">I will be quiet, looking on from where I dwell,<a id="ren29018004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29018004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl">Like the shimmering heat in sunshine,</p> <p class="sl1">like a cloud of dew at harvest time.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29018005" class="ver">5</span>Before the vintage, when the flowering has ended,</p> <p class="sl1">and the blooms are succeeded by ripening grapes,</p> <p class="sl">Then comes the cutting of branches with pruning hooks,</p> <p class="sl1">and the discarding of the lopped-off shoots.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29018006" class="ver">6</span>They shall all be left to the mountain vultures</p> <p class="sl1">and to the beasts of the earth;</p> <p class="sl">The vultures shall summer on them,</p> <p class="sl1l">all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them.</p> </div> <p><span id="v29018007" class="ver">7</span>Then will gifts be brought to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts—to the place of the name of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, Mount Zion—from a people tall and bronzed, from a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.<a id="ren29018007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29018007-d">d</a></p> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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