Woeto the landshadowingwith wings, which is beyondthe riversof Ethiopia: That sendethambassadorsby the sea, even in vesselsof bulrushesuponthe waters, saying , Go, ye swiftmessengers, toa nationscatteredand peeled, toa peopleterriblefromtheir beginninghitherto; a nationmeted outand trodden down, whoselandthe rivershave spoiled! Allye inhabitantsof the world, and dwellerson the earth, seeye, when he lifteth upan ensignon the mountains; and when he blowetha trumpet, hearye. Forsothe LORDsaiduntome, I will take my rest, and I will considerin my dwelling placelike a clearheatuponherbs, and like a cloudof dewin the heatof harvest. Forbeforethe harvest, when the budis perfect, and the sour grapeisripeningin the flower, he shall both cut offthe sprigswith pruning hooks, and take away and cut downthe branches. They shall be lefttogetherunto the fowlsof the mountains, and to the beastsof the earth: and the fowlsshall summeruponthem, and allthe beastsof the earthshall winteruponthem. In thattimeshall the presentbe broughtunto the LORDof hostsof a peoplescatteredand peeled, and from a peopleterriblefromtheir beginninghitherto; a nationmeted outand trodden under foot, whoselandthe rivershave spoiled, tothe placeof the nameof the LORDof hosts, the mountZion.