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1. Look at the land along the rivers of Ethiopia where you can hear the buzzing of insect wings.
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1. Woe H1945 to the land H776 shadowing H6767 with wings H3671 , which H834 is beyond H4480 H5676 the rivers H5104 of Ethiopia H3568 :
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2. That land sends people down the Nile River in reed boats. Fast messengers, go to the people who are tall and smooth, who are feared far and wide. Go to that powerful nation that defeats other countries and whose land is divided by rivers. Go warn them!
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2. That sendeth H7971 ambassadors H6735 by the sea H3220 , even in vessels H3627 of bulrushes H1573 upon H5921 H6440 the waters H4325 , saying , Go H1980 , ye swift H7031 messengers H4397 , to H413 a nation H1471 scattered H4900 and peeled H4178 , to H413 a people H5971 terrible H3372 from H4480 their beginning H1931 hitherto H1973 ; a nation H1471 meted out H6957 H6957 and trodden down H4001 , whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 have spoiled H958 !
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3. Like a flag on a hill, everyone on earth will see what happens. Like a trumpet call, everyone in the country will hear it.
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3. All H3605 ye inhabitants H3427 of the world H8398 , and dwellers H7931 on the earth H776 , see H7200 ye , when he lifteth up H5375 an ensign H5251 on the mountains H2022 ; and when he bloweth H8628 a trumpet H7782 , hear H8085 ye.
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4. The Lord said, "I will be in the place prepared for me. I will quietly watch these things happen: On a beautiful summer day, at noon, people will be resting. (It will be during the hot harvest time when there is no rain, but only early morning dew.)
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4. For H3588 so H3541 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , I will take my rest H8252 , and I will consider H5027 in my dwelling place H4349 like a clear H6703 heat H2527 upon H5921 herbs H216 , and like a cloud H5645 of dew H2919 in the heat H2527 of harvest H7105 .
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5. Then something terrible will happen. Earlier in the year, the flowers bloomed and the new grapes formed buds and began to grow. But before the crop is harvested, the enemy will come and cut the plants. They will break the vines and throw them away.
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5. For H3588 before H6440 the harvest H7105 , when the bud H6525 is perfect H8552 , and the sour grape H1155 is H1961 ripening H1580 in the flower H5328 , he shall both cut off H3772 the sprigs H2150 with pruning hooks H4211 , and take away H5493 and cut down H8456 the branches H5189 .
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6. The vines will be left for the birds from the mountains and the wild animals to eat. The birds will feed on them throughout the summer, and that winter the wild animals will eat the vines."
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6. They shall be left H5800 together H3162 unto the fowls H5861 of the mountains H2022 , and to the beasts H929 of the earth H776 : and the fowls H5861 shall summer H6972 upon H5921 them , and all H3605 the beasts H929 of the earth H776 shall winter H2778 upon H5921 them.
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7. At that time a special offering will be brought to the Lord All-Powerful from the people who are tall and smooth, from those who are feared far and wide, from that powerful nation that defeats other countries and whose land is divided by rivers. This offering will be brought to the Lord's place on Mount Zion.
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7. In that H1931 time H6256 shall the present H7862 be brought H2986 unto the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 of a people H5971 scattered H4900 and peeled H4178 , and from a people H4480 H5971 terrible H3372 from H4480 their beginning H1931 hitherto H1973 ; a nation H1471 meted out H6957 H6957 and trodden under foot H4001 , whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 have spoiled H958 , to H413 the place H4725 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the mount H2022 Zion H6726 .
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