Isaiah 18:3

All you inhabitants of the world and you who live on the earth, 1 when a signal is lifted up on the mountains, look; and when the trumpet is blown, listen. 1

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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.

In Context

2who send ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the waters. 1 Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, 1 to a people feared far and near, a nation strong and trampling down, whose land the rivers divide. 1

4This is what Yahweh said to me, “I will quietly observe from my home, 1 like the simmering heat in sunshine, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken 1 and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 1

Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a signal flag for far away nations and will whistle for those at the end of the earth. 1 Look, they will come speedily and promptly. 1

Isaiah 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations and will gather the outcasts of Israel 1 and the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 1

Isaiah 13:4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of many people! 1 The noise of a tumult of the kingdoms like many nations gathered together! 1 Yahweh of hosts is mustering the army for the battle. 1

Jeremiah 22:29Land, Land, Land! Hear the word of Yahweh! 1

Micah 6:2Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit, you mountains, 1 and you enduring foundations of the earth. 1 For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people, 1 and he will fight in court against Israel.” 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 18:2-7

Judgments Denounced. ( b. c. 712.) 1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when… Read the whole commentary →

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