Isaias

XVIII. 1 Ah, the wings of the ships of the land, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

2 He that sendeth forth hostages upon the sea, and letters on papyrus above the water. For swift messengers shall go to a nation that is high, and a stranger people and a cruel; (what is beyond it?) a nation not looked for, and trodden down. Now ’ (as for) the rivers of the land

3 All of them, like as an inhabited land shall their land be inhabited; like as if a signal were raised from a mountain, like the voice of a trumpet shall it be heard.

4 For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be safety in my city as the light of midday heat, and as a cloud of dew in a day of harvest shall it be.

5 Before the harvest, when the blossom is perfect, and the sour ’ grape hath put forth its blossom; then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning hooks, and shall take away the sprigs and cut them off.

6 And shall leave them together for the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth ; and the fogls of the heaven shall be gathered together unto them, and all the beasts of the earth shall come unto him.

7 At that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of Hosts from a people crushed and torn, and from a people great from henceforth and for ever; (it is) a nation hoping, and trodden down, which is in the portion of the river of its land : to the place where is the name of the Lord of Hosts, the mount Zion.