Isaiah 18:1
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Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of whirring wings Which is beyond the rivers of Cush (Ethiopia),
Woe to the land whirring with wings which is beyond the rivers of Cush or Ethiopia,
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush,
Doom to the land of winged ships, beyond the rivers of Cush
Woe to the land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Downstream from Ethiopia lies the country of Egypt, swarming with insects.
Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,
Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Look at the land along the rivers of Ethiopia where you can hear the buzzing of insect wings.
It will be very bad for that land beyond the rivers of Cush. Their ships seem to have wings and fly everywhere!
Woe to the land of the whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush.
Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
·How terrible it will be for [Woe to; or Listen,] the land beyond the rivers of ·Cush [or Ethiopia; C the upper Nile region]. ·It is filled with the sound of wings [L …the land of buzzing wings; or …the land of flapping sails].
1 Of the enemies of the Church. 7 And of the vocation of the Gentiles. Oh, the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan.
Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia there is a land where the sound of wings is heard.
Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush
How terrible it will be for the land beyond the rivers of Cush. It is filled with the sound of wings.
Woe to the land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
¶ Woe to the land which makes shade with her wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Alas, O land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Ah! land of the whirring of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
Ah, land beyond the upper reaches of the Nile, where winged sailboats glide along the river!
Doom to the land of flies and mosquitoes beyond the Ethiopian rivers, Shipping emissaries all over the world, down rivers and across seas. Go, swift messengers, go to this people tall and handsome, This people held in respect everywhere, this people mighty and merciless, from the land crisscrossed with rivers.
Woe to the land vibrating with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan.
Ah! Land of buzzing insects, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Woe, land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,
Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,
Woe to the land of buzzing locusts beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
How terrible it will be for the land beyond the rivers of Cush. It is filled with the sound of wings.
Beware, land of buzzing wings, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
How terrible it will be for the land whose armies are like large numbers of flying insects! That land is along the rivers of Cush.
Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,
Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,
Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Trouble will come to the land on the other side of the rivers of Cush where the sound of wings is heard.
Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
Ah, land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Ah, land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Ah, land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Woe, land of buzzing wings beyond the rivers of Cush,
Oy to the Eretz Tziltzal Kenafayim (Land of Whirring Wings, i.e., Ethiopia), which is beyond the rivers of Kush;
Ah, land of whirring wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Ah, land of whirring wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Oy! The land of whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
O land abuzz with the whirring of wings, far away past the Ethiopian rivers,
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Woe to the land, (where) the cymbal(-sound) of wings (is heard), which is beyond the flood of Ethiopia (which land is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia);
Ho, land shadowed [with] wings, That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,
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