Isaiah 18:1 “Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,”

Isaiah 18:1

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

World English Bible

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

American Standard Version

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Geneva Bible 1599

Oh, the lande shadowing with winges, which is beyond the riuers of Ethiopia,

Darby Translation

Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

Young's Literal Translation

Ho, land shadowed [with] wings, That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Bible in Basic English

Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

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Cross references

“the land”

Isaiah 20:3–6 Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 30:2 Isaiah 30:3

Isaiah 20:3–6 · BSB

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,

Isaiah 31:1 · BSB

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 30:2 · BSB

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

Isaiah 30:3 · BSB

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

“shadowing”

Psalm 63:7 Ruth 2:12 Psalm 17:8 Psalm 36:7 Psalm 57:1 Psalm 61:4

Psalm 63:7 · BSB

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

Ruth 2:12 · BSB

May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”

Psalm 17:8 · BSB

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 36:7 · BSB

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

Psalm 57:1 · BSB

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalm 61:4 · BSB

Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

“which”

Zephaniah 3:10 2 Kings 19:9 Zephaniah 2:12 Ezekiel 30:4 Ezekiel 30:5

Zephaniah 3:10 · BSB

From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.

2 Kings 19:9 · BSB

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Zephaniah 2:12 · BSB

“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

Ezekiel 30:4 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 30:5 · BSB

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.

Also

Ezekiel 30:9

Ezekiel 30:9 · BSB

On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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