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¹ Downstream from Ethiopia^[a]
lies the country of Egypt,
    swarming with insects.^[b]
2 Egypt sends messengers
up the Nile River
    on ships made of reeds.^[c]
Send them fast to Ethiopia,
whose people are tall
    and have smooth skin.
Their land is divided by rivers;
they are strong and brutal,
    feared all over the world.^[d]

³ Everyone on this earth,
    listen with care!
A signal will be given
on the mountains,
    and you will hear a trumpet.
⁴ The Lord said to me,
"I will calmly look down
    from my home above—
as calmly as the sun at noon
or clouds in the heat
    of harvest season."

⁵ Before the blossoms
    can turn into grapes,
God will cut off the sprouts
    and hack off the branches.
⁶ Ethiopians will be food
for mountain buzzards
    during the summer
and for wild animals
    during the winter.