1. Woe to the land vibrating with wings,which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2. which sends ambassadors by the sea,even in vessels of reeds on the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers,to a nation tall and smooth,to a people feared far and wide,a nation strong and oppressive,whose land the rivers have divided.”
3. All you inhabitants of the world,and dwellers on the earth:When he lifts up a banner on the mountains,you will see it;and when he blows a trumpet,you will hear it.
4. For so the Lord said to me:I will look from My dwelling place quietly,like dazzling heat in the sunshine,like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.