American Standard Version - King James Version

 18:1 ¶ Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

 18:1 ¶ Woeº to the landº shadowingº with wings,º whichº [is] beyondºº the riversº of Ethiopia:º

 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

 18:2 That sendethºº ambassadorsº by the sea,º even in vesselsº of bulrushesº uponºº the waters,º [saying], Go,ººº ye swiftº messengers,º toº a nationº scatteredºº and peeled,ºº toº a peopleº terribleºº fromº their beginningº hitherto;º a nationº meted outºº and trodden down,º whoseº landº the riversº have spoiled!ºº

 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

 18:3 Allº ye inhabitantsºº of the world,º and dwellersºº on the earth,º seeºº ye, when he lifteth upºº an ensignº on the mountains;º and when he blowethºº a trumpet,º hearºº ye.

 18:4 For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

 18:4 Forº soº the LORDº saidºº untoº me, I will take my rest,ºº and I will considerºº in my dwelling placeº like a clearº heatº uponº herbs,º [and] like a cloudº of dewº in the heatº of harvest.º

 18:5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.

 18:5 Forº aforeº the harvest,º when the budº is perfect,ºº and the sour grapeº isº ripeningºº in the flower,º he shall both cut offºº the sprigsº with pruning hooks,º and take awayºº [and] cut downºº the branches.º

 18:6 They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

 18:6 They shall be leftºº togetherº unto the fowlsº of the mountains,º and to the beastsº of the earth:º and the fowlsº shall summerºº uponº them, and allº the beastsº of the earthº shall winterºº uponº them.

 18:7 ¶ In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts [from] a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

 18:7 ¶ In thatº timeº shall the presentº be broughtºº unto the LORDº of hostsº of a peopleº scatteredºº and peeled,ºº and from a peopleºº terribleºº fromº their beginningº hitherto;º a nationº meted outºº and trodden under foot,º whoseº landº the riversº have spoiled,ºº toº the placeº of the nameº of the LORDº of hosts,º the mountº Zion.º