¹ Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

¹⁰ From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.

¹² And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.

⁴ And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.

⁵ Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Libya and the children of the land of the Cherethites will all be put to death with them by the sword.

⁹ And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, he sent representatives to Hezekiah again, saying,

³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

⁹ In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.

¹ Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

² Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

³ And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

³ And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has gone unclothed and without shoes for three years as a sign and a wonder to Egypt and Ethiopia,

⁴ So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

⁵ And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.

⁶ And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

⁴ You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

⁷ Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

⁴ I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

⁷ How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

⁸ Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

¹² The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.