Isaiah 18:2

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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

In other translations

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

Hebrew words

הַשֹּׁלֵחַhasholeachwhich sendsH7971בַּיָּםbaiyamon the seaH3220צִירִיםtzirimenvoysH6735וּבִכְלֵי־uvikhlei-and in vessels ofH3627גֹמֶאgome'papyrusH1573עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵי־penei-[the] surface ofH6440מַיִםmayim[the] watersH4325לְכוּ׀lekhugoH1980מַלְאָכִיםmal'akhimO messengersH4397קַלִּיםkalimswiftH7031אֶל־'el-toH413גּוֹיgoya nationH1471מְמֻשָּׁךְmemushakhtallH4900וּמוֹרָטumoratand smooth skinnedH4803אֶל־'el-toH413עַם'ama peopleH5971נוֹרָאnora'fearedH3372מִן־min-fromH4480הוּאhu'itH1931וָהָלְאָהvahal'ahand beyondH1973גּוֹיgoya nation ofH1471קַו־kav-strength ofH6978קָוkavstrengthH6978וּמְבוּסָהumevusahand tramplingH4001אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834בָּזְאוּbaze'uthey divideH958נְהָרִיםneharimriversH5104אַרְצוֹ׃'artzoland itsH776

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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