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**Woe** = Ho! The third of the seven burdens.
**land. beyond:** i.e. land. beyond Abyssinia.
**shadowing with wings** = of the rustling *zalzal* (from *zalal,* to tinkle, compare [Deuteronomy 28:42](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/42) ).

**the sea** = the Nile. So called by the inhabitants of the Sudan to-day.
**bulrushes** = reeds. Not the papyrus, but its companion reed, the *ambach,* which reaches a height of fifteen feet and has yellow flowers.
**scattered and peeled** = "tall and smooth-faced".
**terrible.** They formed the armies of "So" or Sha-baka, and are the backbone of the Anglo-Egyptian army.
**whose land the rivers have spoiled:** i.e. the "sudd" or swamps (hence Sudan). The Dinka and Shilluk negroes live on the floating cakes of sudd.

**He** =. Jehovah. See Structure, above.

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**cloud of dew** = summer night mist. Hebrew. *'ab.* Not a raincloud, which latter is never seen in harvest. Eight times rendered "thick clouds".

**left.** See note on "forsaken" ([Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) ).
**fowls. beasts.** Note the Alternation.

**present.** Hebrew shai, because of being conveyed. Only here, and [Psalms 68:29](../../../kjv/psalms/68/29) ; [Psalms 76:11](../../../kjv/psalms/76/11) .
**the LORD of hosts.** See note on [Isaiah 1:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/9) .
**the name.** See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .

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