Distress for the Land Beyond Ethiopia's Rivers |
Isaiah 18:1-7 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Distress for] the land [who has been] [shadowed] with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. [Psalm 57:1 Be merciful to me, O God. Be merciful to me: for my soul trusts in You. [Yes,] I will make my refuge in the shadow of Your wings, until these calamities [are over.] That sends ambassadors by the seas, even in vessels of [reeds] upon the waters, saying, Go, you [speedy] messengers, to a people, terrible from their beginning [until now.] |
A nation scattered [around] & peeled [with their hair shaved off,] a nation [measured] out & [trampled] down, whose land the rivers have [divided!] All you inhabitants of the world & [those who dwell] on the earth, [you’ll] see, when He lifts up a [banner] on the mountains & blows a trumpet, [listen.] |
For the Lord said to me, I will take My rest & I will [contemplate this, looking from] My dwelling place, like clear [sunlight] upon the herbs & like a cloud [with] dew, in the heat of harvest. |
For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect & the sour grape is ripening in the flower, He shall cut off the sprigs with [pruning shears] & take [them] away & cut down the branches. |
They shall be left together [for] the [birds] of the mountains & the [animals] of the earth. [Ezekiel 39:19-22 And you shall eat [the] fat [until] you [are] full & drink blood [until] you are [drunk from] My sacrifice [that] I have sacrificed for you. [Like this,] you shall be filled at the table, with horses, chariots, mighty men & with all men of war, says the Lord God. |
And I will [put] My glory among the heathen & all the heathen shall see My judgment that I have executed & My hand that I have laid upon them. So, the house of Israel shall know that I Am the Lord, their God from that day & forward.] And the [birds] shall summer upon them & the [animals] of the earth, shall winter upon them. |
[At] that time, the present shall be brought to the Lord of Hosts, [from] a people scattered & peeled, from a people terrible from their beginning, [until now.] A nation [measured] out & [trampled] under foot, whose land the rivers have [divided] [all the way] to the place of the Name of the Lord of Hosts, Mount Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] |
[Malachi 1:10-11 Who is there even among you, [who] would shut the doors for [nothing?] Neither do you [start] a fire on [My] altar for [nothing.] I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of Hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. |
For from [sunrise] to [sunset,] My Name shall be great among the Gentiles & in every place incense shall be offered to My Name. A pure offering: for My Name shall be great among the heathen, says the Lord of Hosts.] |