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World English Bible

Isaiah 18 (WEBP)

[1] Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
[2] that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”
[3] All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!
[4] For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
[5] For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
[6] They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will eat them in the summer, and all the animals of the earth will eat them in the winter.
[7] In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 18 (KJVS)

[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 he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
[4] For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
[5] For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
[6] They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
[7] In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

Isaiah 18:2a Or, outspread and polished
Isaiah 18:2b Or, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth down. Heb. a nation of line line, and treading under foot
Isaiah 18:2c Or, whose land the rivers despise
Isaiah 18:4a Or, regard my set dwelling
Isaiah 18:4b Or, after rain
Isaiah 18:7 Or, outspread and polished. etc.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 18 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐαὶ () γῆς () πλοίων () πτέρυγες () ἐπέκεινα () ποταμῶν () Αἰθιοπίας,
[2] ὁ () ἀποστέλλων () ἐν () θαλάσσῃ () ὅμηρα καὶ () ἐπιστολὰς () βυβλίνας ἐπάνω () τοῦ () ὕδατος· () πορεύσονται () γὰρ () ἄγγελοι () κοῦφοι πρὸς () ἔθνος () μετέωρον καὶ () ξένον () λαὸν () καὶ () χαλεπόν, () τίς () αὐτοῦ () ἐπέκεινα; () Ἔθνος () ἀνέλπιστον καὶ () καταπεπατημένον. () Νῦν () οἱ () ποταμοὶ () τῆς () γῆς ()
[3] πάντες () ὡς () χώρα () κατοικουμένη· () κατοικηθήσεται () ἡ () χώρα () αὐτῶν () ὡσεὶ () σημεῖον () ἀπὸ () ὄρους () ἀρθῇ, () ὡς () σάλπιγγος () φωνὴ () ἀκουστὸν ἔσται. ()
[4] Ὅτι () οὕτως () εἶπέν () μοι () κύριος () Ἀσφάλεια () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἐμῇ () πόλει () ὡς () φῶς () καύματος () μεσημβρίας, () καὶ () ὡς () νεφέλη () δρόσου ἡμέρας () ἀμήτου ἔσται. ()
[5] Πρὸ () τοῦ () θερισμοῦ, () ὅταν () συντελεσθῇ () ἄνθος () καὶ () ὄμφαξ ἀνθήσῃ ἄνθος () ὀμφακίζουσα, καὶ () ἀφελεῖ () τὰ () βοτρύδια τὰ () μικρὰ () τοῖς () δρεπάνοις () καὶ () τὰς () κληματίδας ἀφελεῖ () καὶ () κατακόψει ()
[6] καὶ () καταλείψει () ἅμα () τοῖς () πετεινοῖς τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () συναχθήσεται () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τῆς () γῆς () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () ἥξει. ()
[7] Ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ () ἀνενεχθήσεται () δῶρα () κυρίῳ () σαβαωθ () ἐκ () λαοῦ () τεθλιμμένου () καὶ () τετιλμένου () καὶ () ἀπὸ () λαοῦ () μεγάλου () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () νῦν () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () χρόνον· () ἔθνος () ἐλπίζον () καὶ () καταπεπατημένον, () ὅ () ἐστιν () ἐν () μέρει () ποταμοῦ () τῆς () χώρας () αὐτοῦ, () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () οὗ () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () σαβαωθ () ἐπεκλήθη, () ὄρος () Σιων. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.