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!
pledge for the maintenance of unity
ὅμηρα
homēra
made of byblus
βυβλίνας
byblinas
light
κοῦφοι
kouphoi
raised from the ground
μετέωρον
meteōron
unhoped for
ἀνέλπιστον
anelpiston
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.
For so
the LORD
said
unto me, I will take my rest,
and I will consider
in my dwelling place
like a clear
heat
upon herbs,
and like a cloud
of dew
in the heat
of harvest.
For afore
the harvest,
when the bud
is perfect,
and the sour grape
is ripening
in the flower,
he shall both cut off
the sprigs
with pruning hooks,
and take away
and cut down
the branches.
unripe grape
ὄμφαξ
omphax
blossom
ἀνθήσῃ
anthēsē
produce sour grapes
ὀμφακίζουσα
omphakizousa
small cluster
βοτρύδια
botrydia
brush-wood
κληματίδας
klēmatidas
They shall be left
together
unto the fowls
of the mountains,
and to the beasts
of the earth:
and the fowls
shall summer
upon them, and all the beasts
of the earth
shall winter
upon them.
In that time
shall the present
be brought
unto the LORD
of hosts
of a people
scattered
and peeled,
and from a people
terrible
from their beginning hitherto;
a nation
meted out
and trodden under foot,
whose land
the rivers
have spoiled,
to the place
of the name
of the LORD
of hosts,
the mount
Zion.
