Isaiah 18:4-6

New American Standard Bible

“I will quietly look ^[a]from My ^(A)dwelling place
Like dazzling heat in the ^[b](B)sunshine,
Like a cloud of ^(C)dew in the heat of harvest.”
⁵ For ^(D)before the harvest, as soon as the bud ^[c]blossoms
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,
And remove and tear away the spreading branches.
⁶ They will be left together for mountain birds ^(E)of prey,
And for the animals of the earth;
And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
And all the animals of the earth will spend harvest time on them.