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Isaiah 18:1-2
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A Rebuke to Cush

18 Woe to the land of whirring wings
    that is beyond the rivers of Cush,[a]
2 which sends envoys by the sea,[b]
    in papyrus boats over the water!
Go, swift messengers,
    to a tall, smooth-skinned nation,
to a people feared far and wide,
    a nation that metes out[c] punishment[d] and oppresses,
        whose land the rivers divide.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
  2. Isaiah 18:2 Or Nile
  3. Isaiah 18:2 Or nation of strange speech; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads nation without hope
  4. Isaiah 18:2 1QIsaa MT LXX lack punishment
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Isaiah 18:1-2
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A Prophecy Against Cush

18 Woe(A) to the land of whirring wings[a]
    along the rivers of Cush,[b](B)
2 which sends envoys(C) by sea
    in papyrus(D) boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,(E)
    to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive(F) nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers.(G)

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Footnotes

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