Isaiah 18

Isaiah 18:1

6. Judgment on Unnamed Lands in Africa (Chap. 18)This is not a “woe” but a “ho,” calling to an unidentified friendly nation that sends ambassadors to the people of Israel (vv. 2, 7). The expression “shadowed with buzzing wings” may suggest the desire to protect the Jewish people. At the same time, other Gentile nations will prey upon God’s people while He watches silently. But eventually God will destroy them, leaving their carcasses to the beasts and birds of prey. Israel will then come to Mount Zion as a present . . . to the LORD. Verse 7 may read, “In that day shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of a people scattered and ravaged . . .” (JND) rather than “from a people. . . .” This speaks of the restoration of Israel at the Second Advent of Christ.