For thus the Lord has told me,

“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.”
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.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:4 Lit in
  2. Isaiah 18:4 Lit light
  3. Isaiah 18:5 Lit is finished

This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet(A) and will look on from my dwelling place,(B)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(C)
    like a cloud of dew(D) in the heat of harvest.”
For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(E) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(F)
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(G)
    and to the wild animals;(H)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

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