Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 18:1
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Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
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Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
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Isaiah 18
1 Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
2 which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
3 All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
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