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Isaiah 18:2

הַשֹּׁלֵחַ בַּיָּם צִירִים וּבִכְלֵי ־ גֹמֶא עַל ־ פְּנֵי ־ מַיִם לְכוּ ׀ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים אֶל ־ גּוֹי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמוֹרָט אֶל ־ עַם נוֹרָא מִן ־ הוּא וָהָלְאָה גּוֹי קַו ־ קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

1הוֹי אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעֵבֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי ־ כֽוּשׁ ׃

3כָּל ־ יֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל וְשֹׁכְנֵי אָרֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא ־ נֵס הָרִים תִּרְאוּ וְכִתְקֹעַ שׁוֹפָר תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ ׃ ס

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8וְכוּשׁ יָלַד אֶת ־ נִמְרֹד הוּא הֵחֵל לִֽהְיוֹת גִּבֹּר בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

2 Chronicles 12:2וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַֽחֲמִישִׁית לַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם עָלָה שִׁישַׁק מֶֽלֶךְ ־ מִצְרַיִם עַל ־ יְרוּשָׁלִָם כִּי מָעֲלוּ בַּיהוָֽה ׃

2 Chronicles 16:8הֲלֹא הַכּוּשִׁים וְהַלּוּבִים הָיוּ לְחַיִל ׀ לָרֹב לְרֶכֶב וּלְפָרָשִׁים לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ עַל ־ יְהוָה נְתָנָם בְּיָדֶֽךָ ׃

Isaiah 19:5וְנִשְּׁתוּ ־ מַיִם מֵֽהַיָּם וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵֽשׁ ׃

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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