Isaiah 18 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 Haway (Alas/Woe!), the aratz (Earth/land) of the rustling of kanapayam (wings), which is ibar (beyond) the naharay (rivers) of Kawash (Ethiopia);

2 That shalach (send) tzayarayam (ambassadors) by the yam (sea/waters), even in kalay (vessels) of papyrus on the mayam (Waters), saying, “yalak (go), you qal (swift) malaakayam (messengers), to a gaway (heathen / nation) tall and smooth, to a im (nation / people) awesome from their beginning onward, a gaway (heathen / nation) that measures out and treads down, whose aratz (Earth/land) the naharayam (rivers) divide!”

3 All you yashabay (inhabitants) of the thabal (world), and you shakanay (dwellers) on the aratz (Earth/land), when a nas (banner) is nashaa (lift) up on the harayam (mountains), raah (see / saw)! When the shawapar (Shofar / Ram's horn) is thaqai (blow / sound alarm), shamai (hearken / hear)!

4 For Yahawah () amar (spoke) to me, “I will be still, and I will nabat (see) in my makawan (dwelling) place, like tzach (clear) cham (heat) in sunshine, like a ib (cloud) of tal (dew) in the cham (heat) of qatzayar (harvest).”

5 For panayam (face) the qatzayar (harvest), when the parach (blossom) is over, and the natzah (flower) becomes a gamal (ripening) basar (grape), he will karath (cut) off the zalazalayam (sprigs) with mazamarah (pruning) hooks, and he will thazaz (cut) down and sawar (take) away the spreading branches.

6 They will be izab (left) yachad (together) for the iyat (ravenous) birds of the harayam (mountains), and for the animals of the aratz (Earth/land). The iyat (ravenous) birds will qawatz (summer) on them, and all the animals of the aratz (Earth/land) will winter on them.

7 In that ith (time), a shay (present) will be yabal (brought) to Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) from a im (nation / people) tall and smooth, even from a im (nation / people) awesome from their beginning onward, a gaway (heathen / nation) that measures out and treads down, whose aratz (Earth/land) the naharayam (rivers) divide, to the maqawam (place) of the sham (name) of Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), har (mountain) Tzayawan (Zion).