Isaiah

¹ beyond the Ethiopian rivers,

² down rivers and across seas. Go, swift messengers, go to this people tall and handsome, This people held in respect everywhere, this people mighty and merciless, from the land crisscrossed with rivers.

³ all earth-dwellers: When you see a flag flying on the mountain, look! When you hear the trumpet blown, listen!

⁴ "I'm not going to say anything, but simply look on from where I live, Quiet as warmth that comes from the sun, silent as dew during harvest."

⁵ has turned into a maturing grape, He'll step in and prune back the new shoots, ruthlessly hack off all the growing branches.

⁶ for birds and animals to feed on— Fodder for the summering birds, fodder for the wintering animals.

⁷ brought from this people tall and handsome, This people once held in respect everywhere, this people once mighty and merciless, From the land crisscrossed with rivers, to Mount Zion, God's place.