26 And he will lift up a sign [a]unto the nations afar, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come hastily with speed.

27 None shall [b]faint nor fall among them: none shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of his loins be loosed, nor [c]the latchet of his shoes be broken.

28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all his bows bent: his horse hoofs shall be thought like flint, and his wheels like whirlwind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:26 He will make the Babylonians to come against them at his beck, and to fight under his standard.
  2. Isaiah 5:27 They shall be prompt and lusty to execute God’s vengeance.
  3. Isaiah 5:27 The enemy shall have none impediment.

26 He lifts up a banner(A) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(B) for those at the ends of the earth.(C)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(D) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(E) is loosened at the waist,(F)
    not a sandal strap is broken.(G)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(H)
    all their bows(I) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(J) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(K)

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