The Lord’s Message to Cush

18 Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings[a]
beyond the rivers of Cush(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Or of sailing ships

A Prophecy Against Cush

18 Woe(A) to the land of whirring wings[a]
    along the rivers of Cush,[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
  2. Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region

18 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

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For I Yahweh your God,(A)
the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior,(B)
give Egypt as a ransom for you,
Cush and Seba in your place.

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For I am the Lord your God,(A)
    the Holy One(B) of Israel, your Savior;(C)
I give Egypt(D) for your ransom,
    Cush[a](E) and Seba(F) in your stead.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region

For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

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