Isaiah 18:1

The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South

18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, ¹ 

the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 20:5

20:5 Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed. ² 

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

² tn Heb “and they will be afraid and embarrassed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their beauty.”