New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 18:1-3

1Alasה֥וֹיHoH1945,oh landאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776of whirringצִלְצַ֣לtzil.TzalH6767wingsכְּנָפָ֑יִםke.na.Fa.yimH3671Whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834lies beyondמֵעֵ֖בֶרme.'E.verH4480 H5676the riversלְנַֽהֲרֵי־le.na.ha.rei-H5104ofCushכֽוּשׁ׃KhushH3568,

2Which sendsהַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַha.sho.Le.achH7971envoysצִירִ֗יםtzi.RimH6735by the seaבַּיָּ֜םbai.YamH3220, Even inpapyrusגֹמֶא֮go.Me'H1573vesselsוּבִכְלֵי־u.vikh.lei-H3627on the surfaceפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440of the watersמַיִם֒ma.YimH4325.Goלְכ֣וּ׀le.KhuH1980,swiftקַלִּ֗יםka.LimH7031messengersמַלְאָכִ֣יםmal.'a.KhimH4397,to a nationגּוֹי֙goyH1471tallמְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְme.mu.ShakhH4900and smoothוּמוֹרָ֔טu.mo.RatH4803,To a peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971fearedנוֹרָ֖אno.Ra'H3372farמִן־ ה֣וּאmin- hu'H4480 H1931and wideוָהָ֑לְאָהva.Hal.'ahH1973,A powerfulH6978and oppressiveוּמְבוּסָ֔הu.me.vu.SahH4001nationגּ֚וֹיGoyH1471Whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834landאַרְצֽוֹ׃'ar.TzoH776the riversנְהָרִ֖יםne.ha.RimH5104divideבָּזְא֥וּba.ze.'UH958.

3Allכָּל־kol-H3605you inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of the worldתֵבֵ֖לte.VelH8398and dwellersוְשֹׁ֣כְנֵיve.Sho.khe.neiH7931on earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,As soon as a standardנֵ֤סnesH5251is raisedכִּנְשֹׂא־kin.so'-H5375on the mountainsהָרִים֙ha.RimH2022,you will seeתִּרְא֔וּtir.'UH7200it,And as soon as the trumpetשׁוֹפָ֖רsho.FarH7782is blownוְכִתְקֹ֥עַve.khit.Ko.a'H8628,you will hearתִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ סtish.Ma.'uH8085it.

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