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,

the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 33:17

33:17 You will see a king in his splendor;

you will see a wide land.

Isaiah 40:23

40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;

he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.


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

tn Heb “your eyes will see a king in his beauty”; NIV, NRSV “the king.”

tn Heb “a land of distances,” i.e., an extensive land.