Thematic Bible
Isaiah 18:1 (show verse)
Which is beyond the rivers of
Isaiah 18:2 (show verse)
Which sends ambassadors by the sea,
Even in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [of people] tall and smooth (clean shaven),
To a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
Isaiah 18:3 (show verse)
All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth,
When a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it!
When a trumpet is blown, you will hear it!
Isaiah 18:4 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord has said to me,
“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Refreshing
Ethiopia » Desolation of
Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
Rain » Often succeeded by heat and sunshine
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Refreshing
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Refreshing
Ethiopia » Desolation of
Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
Rain » Often succeeded by heat and sunshine
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Refreshing
Isaiah 18:5 (show verse)
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
Isaiah 18:6 (show verse)
They (warriors) will be left together for the mountain birds of prey,
And for the beasts of the earth;
And the birds of prey will [spend the] summer feeding on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
Isaiah 18:7 (show verse)
At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hosts
From a people tall and smooth (clean shaven),
From a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place [of worship] of the