Isaiah 18:1-3

New American Standard Bible

18 Woe, land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of ^[a](A)Cush,
² Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in ^(B)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation ^[b](C)tall and smooth,
To a people ^(D)feared ^[c]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
^3 (E)All you who inhabit the world, and live on earth,
As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, ^(F)you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.