Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 18

A Message to Cush

1WoeH1945 to the landH776 of whirringH6767 wingsH3671,1 alongH5676 the riversH5104 of CushH3568,22which sendsH7971 couriersH6735 by seaH3220, in papyrusH1573 vesselsH3627 onH5921 H6440 the watersH4325.

GoH1980, swiftH7031 messengersH4397,toH413 a peopleH1471 tallH4900 and smooth-skinnedH4803,toH413 a peopleH5971 widelyH4480 H1931 H1973 fearedH3372,to a powerfulH6957 nationH1471 of strange speechH4001,whoseH834 landH776 is dividedH958 by riversH5104.3AllH3605 you peopleH3427 of the worldH8398and dwellersH7931 of the earthH776,when a bannerH5251 is raisedH5375 on the mountainsH2022,you will see itH7200;when a ram’s hornH7782 soundsH8628,you will hear itH8085.

4ForH3588 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 has toldH559 meH413:

“I will quietlyH8252 look onH5027 from My dwelling placeH4349,like shimmeringH6703 heatH2527 inH5921 the sunshineH216,like a cloudH5645 of dewH2919 in the heatH2527 of harvestH7105.”

5ForH3588 beforeH6440 the harvestH7105, when the blossomH6525 is goneH8552and the flowerH5328 becomesH1961 a ripeningH1580 grapeH1155,He will cut offH3772 the shootsH2150 with a pruning knifeH4211andH853 removeH8456 and discardH5493 the branchesH5189.6They will allH3162 be leftH5800 to the mountainH2022 birds of preyH5861,and to the beastsH929 of the landH776.The birdsH5861 will feed on them in summerH6972 H5921,and allH3605 the wild animalsH929 H776 in winterH2778 .

7At thatH1931 timeH6256 giftsH7862 will be broughtH2986 to the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635—

from a peopleH5971 tallH4900 and smooth-skinnedH4803,from a peopleH5971 widelyH4480 fearedH3372 H1931 H1973,from a powerfulH6957 nationH1471 of strange speechH4001,whoseH834 landH776 is dividedH958 by riversH5104—

toH413 MountH2022 ZionH6726, the placeH4725 of the NameH8034 of the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635.