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1. The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
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1. Woe H1945 to the land H776 shadowing H6767 with wings H3671 , which H834 is beyond H4480 H5676 the rivers H5104 of Ethiopia H3568 :
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2. that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.
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2. That sendeth H7971 ambassadors H6735 by the sea H3220 , even in vessels H3627 of bulrushes H1573 upon H5921 H6440 the waters H4325 , saying , Go H1980 , ye swift H7031 messengers H4397 , to H413 a nation H1471 scattered H4900 and peeled H4178 , to H413 a people H5971 terrible H3372 from H4480 their beginning H1931 hitherto H1973 ; a nation H1471 meted out H6957 H6957 and trodden down H4001 , whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 have spoiled H958 !
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3. All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
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3. All H3605 ye inhabitants H3427 of the world H8398 , and dwellers H7931 on the earth H776 , see H7200 ye , when he lifteth up H5375 an ensign H5251 on the mountains H2022 ; and when he bloweth H8628 a trumpet H7782 , hear H8085 ye.
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4. For this is what the LORD has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."
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4. For H3588 so H3541 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , I will take my rest H8252 , and I will consider H5027 in my dwelling place H4349 like a clear H6703 heat H2527 upon H5921 herbs H216 , and like a cloud H5645 of dew H2919 in the heat H2527 of harvest H7105 .
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5. For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
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5. For H3588 before H6440 the harvest H7105 , when the bud H6525 is perfect H8552 , and the sour grape H1155 is H1961 ripening H1580 in the flower H5328 , he shall both cut off H3772 the sprigs H2150 with pruning hooks H4211 , and take away H5493 and cut down H8456 the branches H5189 .
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6. They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.
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6. They shall be left H5800 together H3162 unto the fowls H5861 of the mountains H2022 , and to the beasts H929 of the earth H776 : and the fowls H5861 shall summer H6972 upon H5921 them , and all H3605 the beasts H929 of the earth H776 shall winter H2778 upon H5921 them.
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7. At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.
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7. In that H1931 time H6256 shall the present H7862 be brought H2986 unto the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 of a people H5971 scattered H4900 and peeled H4178 , and from a people H4480 H5971 terrible H3372 from H4480 their beginning H1931 hitherto H1973 ; a nation H1471 meted out H6957 H6957 and trodden under foot H4001 , whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 have spoiled H958 , to H413 the place H4725 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the mount H2022 Zion H6726 .
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