When he heard[them] sayconcerningTirhakahkingof Cush,"He has comeout to fightagainstyou," and when he heard[it] he sentmessengersto Hezekiah,saying,
Then he sentmessengersto the cityto Ahabkingof Israeland saidto him, "ThussaysBen-hadad,
"Howthen will one answerthe messengersof the nation?That the LORDhas foundedZion,And the afflictedof His peoplewill seekrefugein it."
Alas,oh landof whirringwingsWhichlies beyondthe riversof Cush,
And the LORDsaid,"Evenas My servantIsaiahhas gonenakedand barefootthreeyearsas a signand tokenagainstEgyptand Cush,
"Then they will be dismayedand ashamedbecauseof Cushtheir hopeand Egypttheir boast.
"Behold,I will puta spiritin him so that he will heara rumorand returnto his own land.And I will make him fallby the swordin his own land."'"
