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Isaiah 18: A Message to Ethiopia

Isaiah spoke to Ethiopia, a land beyond the rivers that sent messengers in boats of papyrus. He called all the people of the world to look when a banner is lifted on the mountains and to listen when the trumpet is blown. God said he would wait quietly and watch from his dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine or a cloud of dew in harvest. Before the harvest, God would cut off the branches. In that time, a present would be brought to Yahweh of Armies from that tall and smooth people, to Mount Zion.

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World English Bible · 7 verses

  1. 1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 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!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 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!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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God Is Watching

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Color the sun and the cloud. God watches over the whole world.

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Bible Verse

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.”

Isaiah 18:4 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God watches quietly over the whole world. He is never in a hurry, and He is always in charge. Let's practice saying: God watches over me.

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