Isaiah 18:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Woe to the land with wings of shadow, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

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  • Zeph 3:10 : 10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering.
  • Ezek 30:4-5 : 4 And the sword will come upon Egypt, and great pain will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down. 5 Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the land that is in alliance, will fall with them by the sword.
  • Zeph 2:12 : 12 You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword.
  • 2 Kgs 19:9 : 9 And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
  • Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings.
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
  • Ps 61:4 : 4 I will abide in your tabernacle forever: I will trust in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
  • Ps 63:7 : 7 Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
  • Ps 91:4 : 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
  • Isa 20:3-6 : 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
  • Isa 30:2-3 : 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who 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 do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given to you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust.
  • Ezek 30:9 : 9 In that day messengers will go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain will come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, behold, it comes.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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    9 In that day messengers will go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain will come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, behold, it comes.

  • Ezek 30:3-5
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    3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it will be the time of the nations.

    4 And the sword will come upon Egypt, and great pain will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down.

    5 Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the land that is in alliance, will fall with them by the sword.

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    10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering.

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    10 Behold, therefore I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Ethiopia.

  • Ps 68:31
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    31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

  • Zeph 2:12-13
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    12 You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword.

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  • Isa 20:3-5
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    3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

    4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

    5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their boast.

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    9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.

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  • Jer 46:7-9
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    7 Who is this that comes up like a flood, whose waters move like the rivers?

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    1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

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    5 The waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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