Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush, New Living Translation Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails that lies at the headwaters of the Nile, English Standard Version Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush, Berean Standard Bible Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, King James Bible Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: New King James Version Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, New American Standard Bible Woe, land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush, NASB 1995 Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush, NASB 1977 Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush, Legacy Standard Bible Alas, O land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, Amplified Bible Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of whirring wings Which is beyond the rivers of Cush (Ethiopia), Christian Standard Bible Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush, Holman Christian Standard Bible Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush American Standard Version Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; Contemporary English Version Downstream from Ethiopia lies the country of Egypt, swarming with insects. English Revised Version Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: GOD'S WORD® Translation How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan. Good News Translation Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia there is a land where the sound of wings is heard. International Standard Version Woe to the land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush, Majority Standard Bible Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, NET Bible The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush, New Heart English Bible Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; Webster's Bible Translation Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush: World English Bible Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBehold, land shadowed [with] wings, "" That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush, Young's Literal Translation Ho, land shadowed with wings, That is beyond the rivers of Cush, Smith's Literal Translation Wo to the land of the whizzing of wings, which is from beyond the rivers of Cush: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWOE to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, New American Bible Ah! Land of buzzing insects, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, New Revised Standard Version Ah, land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWOE to the land of shadowing wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Woe to the land of the shadow of wings that is at the crossing of the rivers of Kush OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; Brenton Septuagint Translation Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Message to Cush1Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, 2which 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.… Cross References Zephaniah 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering. Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, Psalm 68:31 Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God. Ezekiel 30:4-5 A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down. / Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword. Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. 2 Chronicles 14:9 Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah. Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. Isaiah 20:3-5 Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. / Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. Isaiah 45:14 This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’” Genesis 10:6-7 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. / The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Nahum 3:9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. Daniel 11:43 He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him. Ezekiel 29:10 therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush. Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. Isaiah 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. Treasury of Scripture Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: A. the land Isaiah 20:3-6 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; … Isaiah 30:2,3 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! … Isaiah 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! shadowing Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, Psalm 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. which 2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, Ezekiel 30:4,5 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down… Zephaniah 2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. Jump to Previous Ah Alas Cush Ethiopia Ha Ho Lies Rivers Rustling Shadowing Side Sounding Wings WoeJump to Next Ah Alas Cush Ethiopia Ha Ho Lies Rivers Rustling Shadowing Side Sounding Wings WoeIsaiah 18 1. God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians7. An accession thereby shall be made to the church Woe to the land of whirring wings The opening word, "Woe", is a term often used by the prophets to signal impending judgment or calamity. In Hebrew, the word is "hoy," which can express lamentation or a call to attention. It serves as a divine warning, urging the audience to heed the message that follows. This sets the tone for the passage, indicating that the message is serious and demands reflection and response. to the land of whirring wings beyond the rivers of Cush (1) Woe to the land shadowing with wings.--A new kingdom, hitherto unnamed by Isaiah, comes now within his horizon. The movements of Tirhakah, king of Cush or Ethiopia, from the upper valley of the Nile, subduing Egypt, and prepared to enter into conflict with the great Assyrian king (Isaiah 37:9), had apparently excited the hopes of such of Hezekiah's counsellors as put their trust in an arm of flesh. To these Isaiah now turns with words of warning. The words "shadowing with wings" have been very variously interpreted as implying (1) the image of a mighty eagle stretching out its imperial wings (Ezekiel 17:1-8); (2) the ur?us or disk with outspread wings which appears in Egyptian paintings as the symbol of Ethiopian sovereignty; (3) the rendering resounding being adopted instead of "shadowing," the swarms of the tse-tse fly that have been the terror of all travellers in Abyssinia. Of these (2) has most to commend it, and receives confirmation from the inscription of Piankhi-Mer-Amon, translated by Canon Cook in Records of the Past (2 p. 89), in which that king, an Ethiopian, who had conquered Egypt, appears with the ur?us on his head, and the chiefs of the north and south cry out to him, "Grant us to be under thy shadow." (Comp. Isaiah 30:2-3.) The phrase, "beyond the river," points, as in Zephaniah 3:10, to the region of the White and the Blue Nile, south of Meroe or Sennar, and not far from the Lake Nyanza of modern explorers. Verses 1-7. - THE HOMAGE OF ETHIOPIA TO JEHOVAH. Amid the general excitement caused by the advance of Assyria, Ethiopia also is stirred, and stirred to its furthest limits. The king sends messengers in beats upon the canals and rivers to summon his troops to his standard (vers. 1, 2). The earth stands agaze to see the result of the approaching collision (ver. 3); but God rests calmly in heaven while events are ripening (vers. 4, 5). When the time comes he will strike the blow - Assyria will be given to the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field (ver. 6). Then Ethiopia will make an act of homage to Jehovah by the sending of a present to Jerusalem (ver. 7). The time seems to be that immediately preceding the great invasion of Sennacherib (about B.C. 700), when Shabatok the Ethiopian was King of Egypt, and Tirhakah (Tahark) either Crown Prince under him, or more probably Lord Paramount of Egypt over him, and reigning at Napata. Verse 1. - Woe to the land; rather, Ho for the land! (comp. Isaiah 17:12). Shadowing with wings; literally, either the land of the shadow of wings or the land of the noise of wings, most probably the latter. Allusion is thought to be made to the swarms of buzzing flies, especially the tsetse, with which Ethiopia abounds. At the same time, these swarms are, perhaps, intended to be taken as emblems of the hosts of warriors which Ethiopia can send forth (comp. Isaiah 7:18). Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. The prophet cannot be supposed to have had more than a vague knowledge of African geography. He seems, however, robe aware that Ethiopia is a land of many rivers (see Baker's 'Nile Tributaries'), and he assumes that the dominion of the Ethiopian kings extends even beyond these rivers to the south of them. His object is, as Mr. Cheyne says, "to emphasize the greatness of Ethiopia." It may be questioned, however, whether the dominion of the Ethiopian kings of the time extended so far as he supposed. The seat of their power was Napata, now Gebel Berkal, in the great bend of the Nile between lat. 18° and 19° N.; and its southern limit was probably Khar-toum and the line of the Blue Nile (see Rawlinson's 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 2. p. 436).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Woeה֥וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! to the land אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land of whirring צִלְצַ֣ל (ṣil·ṣal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6767: A clatter, whirring, a cricket, a harpoon, a cymbal wings, כְּנָפָ֑יִם (kə·nā·p̄ā·yim) Noun - md Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle along מֵעֵ֖בֶר (mê·‘ê·ḇer) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5676: A region across, on the opposite side the rivers לְנַֽהֲרֵי־ (lə·na·hă·rê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity of Cush, כֽוּשׁ׃ (ḵūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley Links Isaiah 18:1 NIVIsaiah 18:1 NLT Isaiah 18:1 ESV Isaiah 18:1 NASB Isaiah 18:1 KJV Isaiah 18:1 BibleApps.com Isaiah 18:1 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 18:1 Chinese Bible Isaiah 18:1 French Bible Isaiah 18:1 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 18:1 Ah the land of the rustling (Isa Isi Is) |
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