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ISAIAH
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- This is the portion of them that spoil us,
- And the lot of them that rob us.
- 18Ah, land of the buzzing of wings,
- Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
- 2That sendeth ambassadors by the sea,
- Even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters!
- Go, ye swift messengers,
- To a nation tall and of glossy skin,
- To a people terrible from their beginning onward;
- A nation that is sturdy and treadeth down,
- Whose land the rivers divide!
- 3All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth,
- When an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye;
- And when the horn is blown, hear ye.
- 4For thus hath the Lord said unto me:
- I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place,
- Like clear heat in sunshine,
- Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
- 5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
- And the bud becometh a ripening grape,
- He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks,
- And the shoots will He take away and lop off.
- 6They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains,
- And to the beasts of the earth;
- And the ravenous birds shall summer upon them,
- And all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
7In that time shall a present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people tall and of glossy skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
19The burden of Egypt.
- Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud,
- And cometh unto Egypt;
- And the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence,
- And the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.
- 2And I will spur Egypt against Egypt;
- And they shall fight every one against his brother,
- And everyone against his neighbour;
- City against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- 3And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it;
- And I will make void the counsel thereof;
- And they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers,
- And to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.
- 4And I will give over the Egyptians
- Into the hand of a cruel lord;
- And a fierce king shall rule over them,
- Saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
- 5And the waters shall fail from the sea,
- And the river shall be drained dry,
- 6And the rivers shall become foul;
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