Isa 18:1

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Isa 18:1 God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians.

Isa 18:7 An accession thereby shall be made to the church.

A.M. cir. 3290. B.C. cir. 714. Woe. Bp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed.

If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings.

the land.

Isa 20:3-6; Isa 30:2; Isa 30:3; Isa 31:1

shadowing.

Ruth 2:12; Ps 17:8; Ps 36:7; Ps 57:1; Ps 61:4; Ps 63:7; Ps 91:4; Matt 23:37

which.

2Kgs 19:9; Ezek 30:4; Ezek 30:5; Zeph 2:12; Zeph 3:10