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They will all be left for the scavenging birds in the mountains
and for the wild animals in the countryside.
The scavenging birds will feed on them all summer,
and wild animals will feed on them all winter.
At that time people will give gifts to the Lord of Armies.
These gifts will come from a tall people with smooth, dark skin,
a nation feared far and near,
a nation powerful and conquering,
from a land divided by rivers.
They will bring their gifts to Mount Zion,
the place where the Lord of Armies has put his name.

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They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(A)
    and to the wild animals;(B)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

At that time gifts(C) will be brought to the Lord Almighty

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,(D)
    from a people feared(E) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers(F)

the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.(G)

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