Isaiah 18:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹי אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעֵבֶר לְנַהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ

Transliteration

Hôy ʾereṣ ṣilṣal kənāpāyim which from ʿēber to-nahărêy-kûš

Grammar Details

*Hôy*: interjection - woe/alas/ho
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine, singular construct - land/earth
*ṣilṣal*: noun, masculine, singular construct - whirring/buzzing
*kənāpāyim*: noun, feminine, dual - wings/borders
*ʿēber*: noun, masculine, singular construct - beyond/across
*nahărêy*: noun, masculine, plural construct - rivers of
*kûš*: proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia

Word Meanings

*Hôy*: woe/alas/ho/ah
*ṣilṣal*: whirring/buzzing/rustling/shadowing
*kənāpāyim*: wings/extremities/borders
*ʿēber*: beyond/across/opposite side
*kûš*: Cush/Ethiopia/Sudan region

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Referenced Verses

Zeph 3:10 : 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Ezek 30:4-5 : 4 And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Zeph 2:12 : 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
2 Kgs 19:9 : 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
Ps 57:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
Ps 61:4 : 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. {H5542}
Ps 63:7 : 7 For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Isa 20:3-6 : 3 And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia; 4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
Isa 30:2-3 : 2 that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Ruth 2:12 : 12 Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
Ezek 30:9 : 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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