Isaiah Chapter 18

Destruction of the Ethiopians through God’s care of his people


18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
18:2 That sends ambassadors by the sea, across the water in papyrus-reed boats, [saying], Go, ya’ll swift messengersמַלְאָכִים
Transliteration: mal’āḵim angels, messengers, agents or representatives. For more info click here
, to a nationגּוֹי
Transliteration: gôy Pronunciation: go’-ee – masculine noun, proper masculine noun (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here
scattered and peeled, to a people feared far and near; a nationגּוֹי
Transliteration: gôy Pronunciation: go’-ee – masculine noun, proper masculine noun (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here
distributed and trodden down, whose land is divided by rivers!
18:3 All ya’ll inhabitants of the world, and living on the earth, y’all see, when he lifts up a banner on the mountains; and when he blows a shofarשׁוֹפָר
Transliteration šôp̄ār Pronunciation sho-far’horn, trumpet ram’s horn – For more info click here
, y’all hear .
18:4 Because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, [and] like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
18:5 Because before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches.
18:6 They shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and to the animals of the earth: and the birds shall summer on them, and all the animals of the earth shall winter on them.

Growth of Judaism


18:7 In that time shall the present be brought to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hostsצְבָאוֹת
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here
of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning yet; a nation distributed and trodden under foot, whose land is divided by the rivers, to the place of The Name of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hostsצְבָאוֹת
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here
, the mount Zion.

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