1 Ho land, spread out as wings which is beyond the passing of the waters of Ethiopia:

2 The sending by sea, ambassadors, and, with instruments of paper, upon the faces of the waters, go ye swift messengers unto a nation from being strong and active, was terrible unto the people, from which <​whom​> he is <​was​> far removed; a nation measured by measure but will tread down, whose land waters divide.

3 All ye dwellers on parts of the globe, and ye inhabitants of the earth, when he lifts up a standard on the mountains, ye shall see, and when he sounds a trumpet, ye shall hear.

4 For thus saith the Lord unto me, I will yet rest, and, in my place, I will spread forth light like a serene heat on leaves, as the dew of darkness in the heat of the harvest:

5 For before the harvest, when the perfect shoot <​sprouts​> and the sour grapes are ripening, he will flower, and cut down the twigs <​shoots​> with pruning knives; and with <​the​> twigs he will cut off the thorn.

6 And they shall be left together for the fowls of the mountains and for the beasts of the earth: and the ravenous birds shall go up to end it, and all the beasts of the earth, shall winter upon it.

7 In that time she shall prevail to bring the gift to the Lord of hosts <​of​> a people from being strong and active and terrible to a portion of the people from which he was far removed; a nation measured by measure, but will tread down whose land waters divide, unto <​the gathering place of​> the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Zion. [p. 2]