1 How terrible it will be for the land beyond the rivers of Cush.It is filled with the sound of wings.
2 That land sends messengers across the sea;they go on the water in boats made of reeds.Go, quick messengers,to a people who are tall and smooth-skinned,who are feared everywhere.They are a powerful nation that defeats other nations.Their land is divided by rivers.
3 All you people of the world, look!Everyone who lives in the world, look!You will see a banner raised on a mountain.You will hear a trumpet sound.
4 The Lord said to me,“I will quietly watch from where I live,like heat in the sunshine,like the dew in the heat of harvest time.”
5 The time will come, after the flowers have bloomed and before the harvest,when new grapes will be budding and growing.The enemy will cut the plants with knives;he will cut down the vines and take them away.
6 They will be left for the birds of the mountainsand for the wild animals.Birds will feed on them all summer,and wild animals will eat them that winter.”
7 At that time a gift will be brought to the Lord All-Powerfulfrom the people who are tall and smooth-skinned,who are feared everywhere.They are a powerful nation that defeats other nations.Their land is divided by rivers.These gifts will be brought to the place of the Lord All-Powerful,to Mount Zion.