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A Message to Ethiopia

18 Alas, O land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of [a](A)Ethiopia,
Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in (B)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [b](C)tall and smooth,
To a people (D)feared [c]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  2. Isaiah 18:2 Lit drawn out
  3. Isaiah 18:2 Lit from it and beyond