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Jehovah’s Counsel Against the NationsIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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21, 22. Which nation next receives a judgment pronouncement, and how are Isaiah’s inspired words fulfilled?
21 On at least two occasions, Ethiopia, to the south of Egypt, has been involved in military action against Judah. (2 Chronicles 12:2, 3; 14:1, 9-15; 16:8) Now Isaiah predicts judgment on that nation: “Ha for the land of the whirring insects with wings, which is in the region of the rivers of Ethiopia!” (Read Isaiah 18:1-6.)a
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Jehovah’s Counsel Against the NationsIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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a Some scholars suggest that the expression “land of the whirring insects with wings” refers to the locusts that occasionally swarm in Ethiopia. Others point out that the Hebrew word for “whirring,” tsela·tsalʹ, resembles in sound the name given to the tsetse fly, tsaltsalya, by the Galla, a Hamitic people living in modern Ethiopia.
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