King James Version
Isaiah 18:1 in the King James Version says “Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:”
Isaiah 18:1 · KJV
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! scattered: or, outspread and polished meted: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot have: or, despise
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
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“with wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which is beyond”
H5676properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the jordan; ususally meaning
“the rivers”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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