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1.4 KiB
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66 lines
1.4 KiB
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A Message about Ethiopia
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# Chapter 18
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1. Listen, Ethiopia--land of fluttering sails
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that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
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2. that sends ambassadors
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in swift boats down the river.
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Go, swift messengers!
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Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,
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who are feared far and wide
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for their conquests and destruction,
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and whose land is divided by rivers.
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3. All you people of the world,
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everyone who lives on the earth--
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when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look!
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When I blow the ram's horn, listen!
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4. For the LORD has told me this:
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"I will watch quietly from my dwelling place--
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as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day,
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or as the morning dew forms during the harvest."
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5. Even before you begin your attack,
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while your plans are ripening like grapes,
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the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears.
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He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.
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6. Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields
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for the mountain vultures and wild animals.
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The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer.
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The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter.
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7. At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts
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from this land divided by rivers,
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from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
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who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
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They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,
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where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells.
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