Isaiah 18:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

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Cross-References

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Zephaniah 3:10
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
2 Kings 19:9
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Ezekiel 30:4-5
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. …
Zephaniah 2:12
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Psalms 63:7
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Topics

Cush Cushan Ethiopia Sin

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be Egypt, a maritime country, and full of rivers, and which courted Israel to depend upon them, but proved broken reeds; but against this it is strongly objected that the next chapter is distinguished from this by the title of the burden of Egypt. Others take it to be Ethiopia, and rea…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Is 18:1-7. Isaiah announces the overthrow of Sennacherib’s hosts and desires the Ethiopian ambassadors, now in Jerusalem, to bring word of it to their own nation; and he calls on the whole world to witness the event (Is 18:3). As Is 17:12-14 announced the presence of the foe, so Is 18:1-7 foretells his overthrow. 1. Woe--The heading in English Version, “God will destroy the Ethiopians,” is a mista…