{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:40:44.969Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":7},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, see ye, and when a trumpet is blown, hear ye!"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: I will take my rest, and I will observe from my dwelling-place like clear heat upon herbs, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-knives, and take away and cut down the branches."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They shall be left together unto the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the earth; and the birds of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts of a people scattered and ravaged, and from a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth, a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled, ... to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 18 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 18](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/18 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}