Verse 2
Isaiah 18:2
Bible in Basic English
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Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/שֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּ/יָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּ/בִ/כְלֵי גֹמֶא֮ עַל פְּנֵי מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּ/מוֹרָ֔ט אֶל עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן ה֣וּא וָ/הָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו קָ֣ו וּ/מְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽ/וֹ
English Translation
The one who sends messengers by sea and in vessels of bulrushes upon the face of the waters, go, swift angels, to a nation extended and terror-stricken, to a people feared from there and beyond, a nation drawn out and faint, which the rivers have spoiled.
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Verse Information
- Book
- Isaiah
- Chapter
- Chapter 18 (7 verses)
- Version
- Bible in Basic English