1 Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

2 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!

3 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!

4 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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.

1 הֹוי אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעֵבֶר לְנַהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ׃

2 הַשֹּׁלֵחַ בַּיָּם צִירִים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם לְכוּ ׀ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים אֶל־גֹּוי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמֹורָט אֶל־עַם נֹורָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גֹּוי קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֹו׃

3 כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל וְשֹׁכְנֵי אָרֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵס הָרִים תִּרְאוּ וְכִתְקֹעַ שֹׁופָר תִּשְׁמָעוּ׃ ס

4 כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי [אֶשְׁקֹוטָה כ] (אֶשְׁקֳטָה ק) וְאַבִּיטָה בִמְכֹונִי כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי־אֹור כְּעָב טַל בְּחֹם קָצִיר׃

5 כִּי־לִפְנֵי קָצִיר כְּתָם־פֶּרַח וּבֹסֶר גֹּמֵל יִהְיֶה נִצָּה וְכָרַת הַזַּלְזַלִּים בַּמַּזְמֵרֹות וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישֹׁות הֵסִיר הֵתַז׃

6 יֵעָזְבוּ יַחְדָּו לְעֵיט הָרִים וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְקָץ עָלָיו הָעַיִט וְכָל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָף׃

7 בָּעֵת הַהִיא יוּבַל־שַׁי לַיהוָה צְבָאֹות עַם מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמֹורָט וּמֵעַם נֹורָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גֹּוי ׀ קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֹו אֶל־מְקֹום שֵׁם־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הַר־צִיֹּון׃ ס