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1.2 KiB
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27 lines
1.2 KiB
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# Chapter 18
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1 Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings
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beyond the rivers of Cush,
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2 which sends envoys by sea,
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in reed vessels over the water.
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Go, swift messengers,
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to a nation tall and smooth-skinned,
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to a people feared far and near,
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a powerful nation with a strange language,
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whose land is divided by rivers.
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3 All you inhabitants of the world
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and you who live on the earth,
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when a banner is raised on the mountains, look!
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When a ram’s horn sounds, listen!
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4 For the Lord said to me:
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I will quietly look out from my place,
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like shimmering heat in sunshine,
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like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
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5 For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over
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and the blossom becomes a ripening grape,
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he will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife,
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and tear away and remove the branches.
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6 They will all be left for the birds of prey on the hills
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and for the wild animals of the land.
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The birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
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and all the wild animals the winter.
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7 At that time a gift will be brought to the Lord of Armies from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the Lord of Armies. |