New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 18:3
31All you who inhabit the world, and live on earth, As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, 2you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
Isaiah 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
- New International Version (NIV)All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!
- New King James Version (NKJV)All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth: When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it; And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.
Context of Isaiah 18:3
1Woe, land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush, 2Which sends messengers by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide. All you who inhabit the world, and live on earth, As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it. 4For this is what the Lord has told me: “I will quietly look from My dwelling place Like dazzling heat in the sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” 5For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, And remove and tear away the spreading branches.
Read all of Isaiah 18Isaiah 18:3 word by word
כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵ֖ל וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵ֤ס הָרִים֙ תִּרְא֔וּ וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ שׁוֹפָ֖ר תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ סRead the interlinear
- Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- you who inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
- and liveשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- on earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- As soon as a flagנֵסnês · ensignH5251
- is raisedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
- on the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- you will seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- And as soon as the trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
- is blownתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
- you will hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
Cross-references for Isaiah 18:3
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, heavens, and hear, earth; For the Lord has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, But they have revolted against Me.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken And summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.
- Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, Hear the word of the Lord!
- Micah 6:2Listen, you mountains, to the indictment by the Lord, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the Lord has a case against His people; And He will dispute with Israel.
- Isaiah 5:26He will also lift up a flag to the distant nation, And whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
- Isaiah 7:18On that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
- Isaiah 13:2Lift up a flag on the bare hill, Raise your voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.
- Isaiah 26:11Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.
- Amos 3:6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If a disaster occurs in a city, has the Lord not brought it about?
- Micah 6:9The voice of the Lord will call to the city-- And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: “Hear, you tribe. Who has designated its time?
- Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord God will blow the trumpet, And march in the storm winds of the south.
- Matthew 13:9The one who has ears, let him hear.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When he lifteth up an ensign "When the standard is lifted up" - I take God to be the Agent in this verse; and that by the standard and the trumpet are meant the meteors, the thunder, the lightning, the storm, earthquake, and tempest, by which Sennacherib's army shall be destroyed, or by which at least the destruction of it shall be accompanied; as it is described in Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 29:6, and Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 30:31. See also Psalm…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3All ye inhabitants of the world - These are to be regarded as the words of the prophet summoning all nations to attend to that which was about to occur. Grotius, however, and some others, suppose that they are the words of the Ethiopians. The meaning is, that the events which are here predicted would be of so public a nature as to attract the attention of all the world. When he - Vitringa supposes that this means the Assyrians lifting up a standard on the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Both the banner and ram's horn were used to organize and send signals to armies during battles (see Judges 3:27; 6:34; 2 Samuel 2:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. see ye ... hear ye--rather, "ye shall see ... shall hear." Call to the whole earth to be witnesses of what Jehovah ("He") is about to do. He will "lift up an ensign," calling the Assyrian motley hosts together (Is 5:26) on "the mountains" round Jerusalem, to their own destruction. This (the eighteenth chapter) declares the coming overthrow of those armies whose presence is announced in Is 17:12, 13. The same motive, which led Hezekiah to seek aid from…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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