Isaiah 18

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

Alas, for the land shrouded in mystery, lying far 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!

He sends envoys across the ocean, in humble boats upon the waves, saying, "Hurry, swift messengers, to a nation torn and stripped, to a people feared since their inception; a nation measured and oppressed, whose land the rivers have ravaged!"

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.

Everyone living on this planet, pay attention! When He raises a flag on the mountains, see it. When He sounds a trumpet, listen.

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.

The Lord told me, "I will rest and reflect in my home, feeling as warm and refreshing as the sun on plants or a dew cloud 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.

Before the harvest, when the bud is at its prime and the sour grape ripens in the blossom, he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives and cut down and take away the branches.

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.

They will be abandoned to the mountain birds and wild animals. The birds will feast on them in the summer, and all the earth's creatures will feed on them through the winter.

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.

During that era, a gift will be given to the Lord. It will come from a people who have been scattered and stripped bare, a nation that has been feared since its inception. This nation, once powerful, is now downtrodden and their land, once fertile, is now ruined by rivers. This offering will be brought to the sacred Mount Zion, the dwelling place of the Lord.