Isaiah 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. An oracle to the land of whirring wings — probably Ethiopia — summoning the nations as witnesses to God's deliberate waiting before acting. The imagery of harvest pruning precedes God's judgment. The Ethiopians will bring tribute to the Lord of …
תרגומים נוספים
that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!
That is sending by sea ambassadors, Even with implements of reed on the face of the waters, --Go, ye light messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and peeled, Unto a people fearful from its beginning and onwards, A nation meeting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled.
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.
הפניות צולבות
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the …
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with …
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against …
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; …
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst …
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and …
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall …