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Isaiah 18:7
At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet announces to a distant, river-divided nation that follows a period of abandonment to wild animals, declaring a future moment when foreign tribute will reach Jerusalem.
The words — The Hebrew word שַׁי (shai) literally denotes a gift or tribute, coupled with the verb יוּבַל (yu.val) to indicate it will be carried or brought to Yahweh of hosts.
The thread — This transfer of foreign wealth to Zion parallels Zephaniah 3:10, where scattered worshipers from beyond Cush bring offerings, and aligns with Zechariah 14:16, which projects annual pilgrimages from surviving nations to Jerusalem.
Why it lands — The text states that a powerful, linguistically distinct nation will deliver wealth to Mount Zion, requiring the reader to accept that earthly empires and their resources ultimately serve Yahweh’s purposes rather than their own.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
Cross-references
- Zephaniah 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.
- Zechariah 14:16 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
- 2 Chronicles 32:23 Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
- Isaiah 18:4 For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
- Isaiah 45:14 This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- Micah 4:13 Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Psalms 68:29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Psalms 72:9 May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.