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| 1 Ho! thou land of the buzzing of wings,–Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: |
Woe – Ho (Young's translation). R3404:3
To the land – By many, supposed to refer to the United States of America. R3404:3
Shadowing with wings – Sheltered by divine providence as an asylum for the liberty lovers and truth lovers of the world. R3404:3, R3405:1
Which is beyond – A fitting description of the location of the United States. R3405:2
Rivers of Ethiopia – Beyond the waters of the ends of the earth. R3405:2
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| 2 That sendeth, by the sea, ambassadors, Even in vessels of paper-reed, upon the face of the waters,–Go, ye swift messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and polished, Unto a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,–A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through. |
Sendeth ambassadors – God's messages of Present Truth. R3405:2
Vessels of bulrushes – Papyrus, paper. R3405:2
Ye swift messengers – God's message going forth in literature, the Millennial Dawn books, tracts, etc. R3405:4
To a nation scattered – "A Holy Nation, a Royal Priesthood." (1 Pet. 2:9) R3405:4
Also the Jewish nation, in stumbling over Christ. R1962:6
And peeled – Polished. R3405:4
A people terrible – In their experiences hitherto. R3405:4
A nation meted out – Whose course and experiences in life the Lord has measured out for them, for their own highest welfare. R3405:4
And trodden down – As a part of their necessary experiences. R3405:4
The rivers – Either of death or as in Psa. 46:4. R3405:5
Have spoiled – Divided. The river of death separates this Holy Nation from its inheritance on the other side of Jordan. R3405:5
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| 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, And ye, that dwell in the earth,–When there is lifted up an ensign on the mountains, Ye shall look, And, when there is blown a horn, Ye shall hearken. |
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| 4 For, thus, said Yahweh unto me,–I must be quiet, I must look on in my fixed place of abode,–Like a bright heat, on the light, Like a cloud of dew, in the heat of harvest. |
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| 5 For, before harvest, when the bud is perfect, And, the blossom, becometh, a ripening grape, Then will one cut down the twigs with pruning-hooks, And, the tendrils, will he remove [and] cast down: |
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| 6 They shall be left together, To the, ravenous birds, of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth,–Then shall the ravenous bird, summer upon them, And, every beast of the earth, upon them, shall winter. |
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| 7 In that time, shall there be borne along, As a present unto Yahweh of hosts, A people drawn out and polished, Even from a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,–A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through, Unto the place of the Name of Yahweh of hosts. Mount Zion. |
In that time – The time when the message of the swift messengers goes forth. R3405:5
Shall the present – The Holy Nation, brought as a present to Jehovah. R3405:5
The mount Zion – The heavenly Kingdom. R3405:5
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