Isaiah 18:1 (KJV)
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Barnes says this is the most difficult expression in the chapter to interpret. Gill says various interpretations as to whom this refers range as far north of Jerusalem as Assyria and as far south of Jerusalem as Ethiopia. Some even say it is Jerusalem. To what it refers is suggested as anything from birds, to mountains, to sailboats.

One thing is for sure, this is a curse and not a blessing. I am reminded (and I am not the only one) of Psalms 57:1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until thesecalamities be overpast. 

David led God’s people to trust in the shadow of God’s wings. I can’t help but think that the judgment in the passage is for trusting in some other, any other refuge than God.

Perhaps these people trusted in the mountains surrounding them for refuge, safety and provision.
One day the Bible says people will flee to the mountains and beg the rocks to fall upon them.

Perhaps they trusted in idols of their own making.
Men have set up gods of every sort. From carvings they have created to deifying the creation, none of these can stand before God.

Perhaps these wings are indeed sailing vessels, the fastest in the world of their time.
They might have trusted in their technology and military might. But God has demonstrated time and again that no power created by man has any power against Almighty God.

To trust in anyone or anything other than God is foolish and destined for destruction.

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Isaiah 18:1 (KJV) Whom or What Do You Trust?

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