Isaiah 18:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 18
Ethiopia
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- 18:1–2 Land of buzzing insects: the region of the Upper Nile where these multiplied with great rapidity. Ethiopia: in Hebrew, Kush. The center of this ancient kingdom corresponds geographically to the modern Sudan, Roman Nubia. Papyrus boats: light and serviceable vessels made of bundles of papyrus stalks and sealed with pitch. Egypt, ruled by a dynasty from Ethiopia, had invited Judah to join a coalition against Assyria, but Isaiah told the ambassadors to return to their own people.
Isaiah 18:1
New International Version
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- Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
- Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region
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