1 Downstream from Ethiopialies the country of Egypt,swarming with insects.
2 Egypt sends messengersup the Nile Riveron ships made of reeds.Send them fast to Ethiopia,whose people are talland have smooth skin.Their land is divided by rivers;they are strong and brutal,feared all over the world.
3 Everyone on this earth,listen with care!A signal will be givenon the mountains,and you will hear a trumpet.
4 The Lord said to me,“I will calmly look downfrom my home above—as calmly as the sun at noonor clouds in the heatof harvest season.”
5 Before the blossomscan turn into grapes,God will cut off the sproutsand hack off the branches.
6 Ethiopians will be foodfor mountain vulturesduring the summerand for wild animalsduring the winter.