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Isaiah 18:1

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WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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  1. Zephaniah 3:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

  2. 2 Kings 19:9Rank 2 from verse 1
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    9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

  3. Ezekiel 30:4–5Rank 3 from verse 1
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    4And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

    5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

  4. Zephaniah 2:12Rank 4 from verse 1
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    12¶ Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

  5. Psalms 63:7Rank 5 from verse 1
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    7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

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Isaiah 18:1

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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wings

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Sense 1: Feathered or extended parts by which birds and other winged creatures fly. Sense 2: Figuratively, means of swift movement, protective shelter, or spreading reach.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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1WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

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2That 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!

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