Isaiah 18 – Studienbibel

1 Woe1945 to the land776 shadowing6767 with wings3671, which is beyond5676 the rivers5104 of Ethiopia3568: 2 That sendeth7971 ambassadors6735 by the sea3220, even in vessels3627 of bulrushes1573 upon6440 the waters4325, saying, Go3212, ye swift7031 messengers4397, to a nation1471 scattered4900 and peeled4178, to a people5971 terrible3372 from their beginning hitherto1973; a nation1471 meted out6978 and trodden down4001, whose land776 the rivers5104 have spoiled958!¹²³ 3 All ye inhabitants3427 of the world8398, and dwellers7931 on the earth776, see7200 ye, when he lifteth up5375 an ensign5251 on the mountains2022; and when he bloweth8628 a trumpet7782, hear8085 ye. 4 For so3541 the LORD3068 said559 unto me, I will take my rest8252, and I will consider5027 in my dwelling place4349 like a clear6703 heat2527 upon herbs216, and like a cloud5645 of dew2919 in the heat2527 of harvest7105.⁴⁵ 5 For afore6440 the harvest7105, when the bud6525 is perfect8552, and the sour grape1155 is ripening1580 in the flower5328, he shall both cut off3772 the sprigs2150 with pruning hooks4211, and take away5493 and cut down8456 the branches5189. 6 They shall be left5800 together3162 unto the fowls5861 of the mountains2022, and to the beasts929 of the earth776: and the fowls5861 shall summer6972 upon them, and all the beasts929 of the earth776 shall winter2778 upon them. 7 In that time6256 shall the present7862 be brought2986 unto the LORD3068 of hosts6635 of a people5971 scattered4900 and peeled4178, and from a people5971 terrible3372 from their beginning hitherto1973; a nation1471 meted out6978 and trodden under foot4001, whose land776 the rivers5104 have spoiled958, to the place4725 of the name8034 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the mount2022 Zion6726.⁶