1 Woe to the land vibrating with wings,which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2 which sends ambassadors by the sea,even in vessels of reeds on the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers,to a nation tall and smooth,to a people feared far and wide,a nation strong and oppressive,whose land the rivers have divided.”
3 All you inhabitants of the world,and dwellers on the earth:When he lifts up a banner on the mountains,you will see it;and when he blows a trumpet,you will hear it.
4 For so the Lord said to me:I will look from My dwelling place quietly,like dazzling heat in the sunshine,like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.