Dual Panel1The land <0776> of buzzing <06767> wings <03671> is as good as dead, the one beyond <05676> the rivers <05104> of Cush <03568>,
2that sends <07971> messengers <06735> by sea <03220>, who glide over <05921> the water’s <04325> surface <06440> in boats <03627> made of papyrus <01573>. Go <01980>, you swift <07031> messengers <04397>, to <0413> a nation <01471> of tall <04900>, smooth-skinned <04178> people, to <0413> a people <05971> that <01931> are feared <03372> far and wide <01973>, to a nation <01471> strong <06978> and victorious <04001>, whose land <0776> rivers <05104> divide <0958>.
3All <03605> you who live <03427> in the world <08398>, who reside <07931> on the earth <0776>, you will see <07200> a signal flag <05251> raised <05375> on the mountains <02022>; you will hear <08085> a trumpet <07782> being blown <08628>.
4For <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> has told <0559> me: “I will wait <08252> and watch <05027> from my place <04349>, like scorching <06703> heat <02527> produced by <05921> the sunlight <0219>, like a cloud <05645> of mist <02919> in the heat <02527> of harvest <07105>.”
5For <03588> before <06440> the harvest <07105>, when the bud <06525> has sprouted <08552>, and the ripening <01580> fruit <01155> appears <01961>, he will cut off <03772> the unproductive shoots <02150> with pruning knives <04211>; he will prune <08456> the tendrils <05189>.
6They will all be left <03162> <05800> for the birds <05861> of the hills <02022> and the wild <0776> animals <0929>; the birds <05861> will eat them during <05921> the summer <06972>, and all <03605> the wild <0776> animals <0929> will eat <02778> them during the winter <02778>.
7At that <01931> time <06256> tribute <07862> will be brought <02986> to the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635>, by a people <05971> that are tall <04900> and smooth-skinned <04178>, a people <05971> that <01931> are feared <03372> far and wide <01973>, a nation <01471> strong <06978> and victorious <04001>, whose land <0776> rivers <05104> divide <0958>. The tribute will be brought to <0413> the place <04725> where the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635> has chosen to reside, on Mount <02022> Zion <06726>.