And he heard concerning Tirhaqah sovereign of Kush, “He has come out to fight with you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ḥ
And he sent messengers into the city to Aḥ
And what does one answer the messengers of a nation? “That יהוה has founded Tsiyon, and the poor of His people take refuge in it.”
Woe to the land shadowed with whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Kush,
And יהוה said, “As My servant Yeshayahu has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Mitsrayim and Kush,
“And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Kush, their expectation, and of Mitsrayim, their boast.
“See, I am putting a spirit in him, and he shall hear a report and return to his own land. And I shall cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”