Isaiah coverChapter 18
Chapter 18

Oracle of Judgment on Cush

Chapter 18Visible text2 paragraphs
Ah! land [of the] whirring of wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,
that sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on [the] surface of [the] waters! Go, swift messengers, to a {tall}[note: Literally "stretched out"] and {smooth}[note: Literally "peeled," "wiped clean," or "hairless"] nation, to a people feared {near and far},[note: Literally "from this and beyond"] a {mighty, mighty}[note: Perhaps this is a gibberish phrase in Hebrew, qaw-qaw] and trampling[note: Meaning uncertain] nation, whose land rivers divide.