Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled. sendeth Isaiah 30:2-4 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt. . . . Ezekiel 30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from my face in ships to destroy the confidence of Ethiopia, and there shall be dread among them in the day of Egypt: because it shall certainly come. vessels. Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. to a notion Isaiah 18:7 At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pieces: from a terrible people, after which there hath been no other: from a nation expecting, expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion. scattered and peeled. 24 degrees and 32 degrees north lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees E. long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length, (through the middle of which runs the Nile,) in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad. to a people Genesis 10:8,9 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. . . . 2 Chronicles 12:2-4 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord) . . . 2 Chronicles 14:9 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa. 2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand? Heb. have spoiled. Isaiah 19:5-7 And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry. . . . Context A Message to Cush1Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, 2That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.3All ye inhabitants of the world, who dwell on the earth, when the sign shall be lifted up on the mountains, you shall see, and you shall hear the sound of the trumpet.… Cross References Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. Genesis 10:8 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. Genesis 10:9 And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord. Exodus 2:3 And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink, 2 Chronicles 12:2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord) 2 Chronicles 14:9 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa. 2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand? Job 9:26 They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey. Isaiah 18:7 At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pieces: from a terrible people, after which there hath been no other: from a nation expecting, expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion. Jeremiah 49:14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle. Ezekiel 30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from my face in ships to destroy the confidence of Ethiopia, and there shall be dread among them in the day of Egypt: because it shall certainly come. Obadiah 1:1 And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God. Habakkuk 1:7 They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed. Lexicon which sendsהַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ (haš·šō·lê·aḥ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out couriers צִירִ֗ים (ṣî·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6735: A hinge, a throe, a herald, erranddoer by sea, בַּיָּ֜ם (bay·yām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin in papyrus גֹמֶא֮ (ḡō·me) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1573: An absorbent, the bulrush, the papyrus vessels וּבִכְלֵי־ (ū·ḇiḵ·lê-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the waters. מַיִם֒ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Go, לְכ֣וּ ׀ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk swift קַלִּ֗ים (qal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7031: Light, swift, fleet messengers, מַלְאָכִ֣ים (mal·’ā·ḵîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to a people גּוֹי֙ (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts tall מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ (mə·muš·šāḵ) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4900: To draw, drag and smooth-skinned, וּמוֹרָ֔ט (ū·mō·w·rāṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4178: Obstinate, independent to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to a people עַ֥ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock widely מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of feared, נוֹרָ֖א (nō·w·rā) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten to a powerful קָ֣ו (qāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6978: Perhaps might nation גּ֚וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts of strange speech, וּמְבוּסָ֔ה (ū·mə·ḇū·sāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4001: A treading down, subjugation whose land אַרְצֽוֹ׃ (’ar·ṣōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land is divided בָּזְא֥וּ (bā·zə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 958: To divide, cut through by rivers. נְהָרִ֖ים (nə·hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5104: A stream, prosperity Additional Translations which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes on the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning till now; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! 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! He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down. 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! 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 sendeth embassadors 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 measured by line and trodden down, whose land the rivers have laid waste. that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads 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. 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