Isaiah 18:4-6

New American Standard Bible 1995

“I will look ^[a]from My ^(A)dwelling place quietly
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,
Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives
And remove and cut away the spreading branches.
⁶ They will be left together for mountain birds ^(E)of prey,
And for the beasts of the earth;
And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.