Isaiah 18:1-2

New Catholic Bible

¹ Woe to the land of buzzing locusts
    beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,^[a]
2 sending ambassadors by sea
    in papyrus vessels across the waters.
Go forth, you swift messengers,
    to a nation tall and bronzed,
to a people dreaded near and far,
    a mighty and conquering nation
    whose land is crossed by many rivers.