Isaiah 18:2 — They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take… — FBV | maBible
Read Isaiah 18:2 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Isaiah 18.2, Isaiah 18v2, Es. 18:2. They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very po…
Other reference formats: Isaiah 18.2, Isaiah 18v2, Es. 18:2.
2 They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers.
Passage themes
Des messagers envoyés — toi qui envoies des messagers par mer
Un peuple redouté — le peuple redouté bien au-delà de ses frontières
Un pays de fleuves — dont le territoire est traversé par des fleuves
Notes and references
Probably referring to the Nile. Literally, “sea.”
The Hebrew of this verse is unclear and has been variously interpreted.