Isaiah 18:2
“That 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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea,.... The Red Sea, which washed the coasts of Egypt and Ethiopia, and which were…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
That sendeth ambassadors - That is, “accustomed” to send messengers. What was the design of their thus sending…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 18:1-7
Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The ambassadorsare those who have arrived in Jerusalem. They had descended the Nile (here called the sea, as in ch. Isa…
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