American Standard Version

Isaiah 18

1Ah,thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776oftherustlingofwingsכְּנָפָ֑יִםke.na.Fa.yimH3671,whichisbeyondtheriversלְנַֽהֲרֵי־le.na.ha.rei-H5104ofEthiopia;

2thatsendethambassadorsbytheseaבַּיָּ֜םbai.YamH3220,eveninvesselsוּבִכְלֵי־u.vikh.lei-H3627ofpapyrusגֹמֶא֮go.Me'H1573uponthewatersמַיִם֒ma.YimH4325, saying,GoH7971, yeswiftקַלִּ֗יםka.LimH7031messengersמַלְאָכִ֣יםmal.'a.KhimH4397,toanationגּוֹי֙goyH1471tallמְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְme.mu.ShakhH4900andsmooth,toapeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971terriblefromtheirbeginningonwardH1973,anationגּ֚וֹיGoyH1471thatmetethoutandtreadethdown,whoselandאַרְצֽוֹ׃'ar.TzoH776theriversנְהָרִ֖יםne.ha.RimH5104divideבָּזְא֥וּba.ze.'UH958!

3Allyeinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427oftheworldתֵבֵ֖לte.VelH8398,andyedwellersH7931ontheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,whenanensignisliftedH5375uponthemountainsהָרִים֙ha.RimH2022,seeתִּרְא֔וּtir.'UH7200ye;andwhenthetrumpetשׁוֹפָ֖רsho.FarH7782isblownH8628,hearתִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ סtish.Ma.'uH8085ye.

4Forthusכֹ֨הkhohH3541hathJehovahsaidH559untome,Iwillbestill,andIwillbeholdinmydwelling-place,likeclearheatכְּחֹ֥םke.ChomH2527insunshine,likeacloudכְּעָ֥בke.'AvH5645ofdewטַ֖לtalH2919intheheatבְּחֹ֥םbe.ChomH2527ofharvestקָצִֽיר׃ka.TzirH7105.

5Forbeforetheharvestקָצִיר֙ka.TzirH7105,whentheblossomH6525isover,andtheflowerbecometharipeninggrapeוּבֹ֥סֶרu.Vo.serH1155,hewillcutוְכָרַ֤תve.kha.RatH3772offthesprigswithpruning-hooks,andthespreadingbrancheswillhetakeawayH5493andcutH3772down.

6TheyshallbeleftH5800togetherH3162untotheravenousbirdsלְעֵ֣יטle.'EitH5861ofthemountainsהָרִ֔יםha.RimH2022,andtothebeastsoftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;andtheravenousbirdsהָעַ֔יִטha.'A.yitH5861shallsummeruponthem,andallthebeastsoftheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776shallwinteruponthem.

7Inthattimeבָּעֵת֩ba.'EtH6256shallapresentbebroughtH2986untoJehovahofhostsצְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otH6635fromapeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971tallמְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְme.mu.ShakhH4900andsmooth,evenfromapeopleוּמֵעַ֥םu.me.'AmH5971terriblefromtheirbeginningonwardH1973,anationגּ֣וֹי׀GoyH1471thatmetethoutandtreadethdown,whoselandאַרְצ֔וֹ'ar.TzoH776theriversנְהָרִים֙ne.ha.RimH5104divideבָּזְא֤וּba.ze.'UH958,totheplaceמְק֛וֹםme.KomH4725ofthenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034ofJehovahofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,themountZionצִיּֽוֹן׃ סtzi.YonH6726.

Commentaries on Isaiah 18

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