1. Downstream from Ethiopialies the country of Egypt,swarming with insects.
2. Egypt sends messengersup the River Nileon ships made of reeds.Send them fast to Ethiopia,whose people are talland have smooth skin.Their land is divided by rivers;they are strong and brutal,feared all over the world.
3. Everyone on this earth,listen with care!A signal will be givenon the mountains,and you will hear a trumpet.
4. The Lord said to me,“I will calmly look downfrom my home above—as calmly as the sun at middayor clouds in the heatof harvest season.”
5. Before the blossomscan turn into grapes,God will cut off the shootsand hack off the branches.
6. Ethiopians will be foodfor mountain eaglesduring the summerand for wild animalsduring the winter.
7. Those Ethiopians are tall and their skin is smooth. They are feared all over the world, because they are strong and brutal. But at that time they will come from their land divided by rivers, and they will bring gifts to the Lord All-Powerful, who is worshipped on Mount Zion.