Isaiah 18:1

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Zeph 3:10 : 10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my worshipers, even the daughter of my dispersed people, will bring my offering.
  • Ezek 30:4-5 : 4 A sword shall come on 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 mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.
  • Zeph 2:12 : 12 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
  • 2 Kgs 19:9 : 9 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 your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
  • Ps 61:4 : 4 I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
  • Ps 63:7 : 7 For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
  • Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
  • Isa 20:3-6 : 3 Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, 4 so the king of Assyria will 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 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6 The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?'"
  • Isa 30:2-3 : 2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge 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 don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have 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 on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

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