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!
Study Helps
Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of holiness and judgment as Isaiah unfolds its message.
Glossary
- Nile Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Nile River.