Isaiah 18:1

Alas, O land of whirring wings

Which lies beyond the rivers of ¹^aEthiopia,

Isaiah 18:2

Which sends envoys by the sea,

Even in ^apapyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.

Go, swift messengers, to a nation ¹^btall and smooth,

To a people ^cfeared ²far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation

Whose land the rivers divide.

At that time a gift of homage will be brought to Yahweh of hosts

¹From a ^apeople ²tall and smooth,

Even from a people feared ³far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation,

Whose land the rivers divide—

To the ^bplace of the name of Yahweh of hosts, even Mount Zion.