1Woe[H1945] to the land[H776]shadowing[H6767] with wings[H3671], which is beyond[H5676] the rivers[H5104] of Ethiopia[H3568]:
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That sendeth[H7971]ambassadors[H6735] by the sea[H3220], even in vessels[H3627] of bulrushes[H1573]upon[H6440] the waters[H4325], saying, Go[H3212], ye swift[H7031]messengers[H4397], to a nation[H1471]scattered[H4900] and peeled[H4178], to a people[H5971]terrible[H3372] from their beginning hitherto[H1973]; a nation[H1471] meted out[H6978] and trodden down[H4001], whose land[H776] the rivers[H5104] have spoiled[H958]!
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All 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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For so[H3541] the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, I will take my rest[H8252], and I will consider[H5027] in my dwelling place[H4349] like a clear[H6703]heat[H2527] upon herbs[H216], and like a cloud[H5645] of dew[H2919] in the heat[H2527] of harvest[H7105].
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For afore[H6440] the harvest[H7105], when the bud[H6525] is perfect[H8552], and the sour grape[H1155] is 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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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 them, and all the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776] shall winter[H2778] upon them.
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In that 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[H5971]terrible[H3372] from their beginning hitherto[H1973]; a nation[H1471] meted out[H6978] and trodden under foot[H4001], whose land[H776] the rivers[H5104] have spoiled[H958], to the place[H4725] of the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the mount[H2022]Zion[H6726].