May 5, 2026, Isaiah 18:1-7
May 5, 2026, Isaiah 18:1-7
18 Ah, land of whirring
wings
that is beyond the rivers
of Cush,
2 which sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on
the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and
smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and
conquering,
whose land the rivers
divide.
3 All you inhabitants of the
world,
you who dwell on the
earth,
when a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown,
hear!
4 For thus the Lord said
to me:
“I will quietly look from my dwelling
like clear heat in
sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the
heat of harvest.”
5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
and the flower becomes a
ripening grape,
he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and the spreading branches
he lops off and clears away.
6 They shall all of them be left
to the birds of prey of
the mountains
and to the beasts of the
earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
and all the beasts of the
earth will winter on them.
7 At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts
from a people tall
and smooth,
from a people feared near
and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers
divide,
to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 18:1-7 is an oracle concerning Cush
(Ethiopia/Nubia), likely during the Assyrian threat around 701 B.C. God warns
the Cushites to wait, as He will destroy the Assyrian army (the
"shoots") just before their harvest time. The passage concludes with
Ethiopia bringing gifts to the Lord at Mount Zion, recognizing His sovereignty.
Is there a "worrisome situation" today where
you are tempted to "strategize" your way out rather than waiting on
God?
Robin Adams
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