Isaiah 18:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

18 Woe, land of buzzing^[a] wings
    beyond the rivers of Cush,^(A)
2 sending ambassadors by the Nile
    in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
    to a nation tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
    a nation mighty^[b] and conquering,
    whose land the rivers divide.^(B)