Isaías 18:3

3 Todos vocês, habitantes do mundo,vocês que vivem na terra,quando a bandeira for erguidasobre os montes, vocês a verão,e, quando soar a trombeta,vocês a ouvirão.

Isaías 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 18:3

All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth,
&c.] All the men of the world are here called upon, either by the Lord, or rather by the prophet, to be eye and ear witnesses of the judgment that should be inflicted upon the above nation, and of the salvation of his own people; which should be so manifest, that all should see it as easily as an ensign set up on a mountain; and the news of it should ring through the earth, and be as plainly heard as when a trumpet is blown: unless it should be thought that these are the words of the messengers sent to the above nation, addressing them in such terms, assuring them, that, however stupid and secure they were now, they should quickly see the sign and hear the alarm of war; it being usual to call any large kingdom the world, and the earth: see ye, when be lifteth up an ensign on the mountains;
or ye shall see this as clearly as when a flag is set up on a mountain; or ye shall be sensible of this judgment coming on, when a standard shall be set up on the mountains, to gather the people to war. Vitringa interprets this of the mountains of Judea, where the Assyrians would set up their banners, and blow their trumpets, as follows: and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye;
or, "ye shall hear"; the trumpet sounding as an alarm of war, by which the people will be summoned, and come to execute the judgment threatened. The Targum is,

``ye shall hear the redemption;''

that is, of Israel, in the times of the Messiah, and in the war of Gog and Magog; of which times Jarchi and Kimchi interpret this whole prophecy.

Isaías 18:3 In-Context

1 Ai da terra do zumbido de insetosao longo dos rios da Etiópia,

2 que manda emissários pelo marem barcos de papiro sobre as águas.Vão, ágeis mensageiros,a um povo alto e de pele macia,a um povo temido pelos que estão perto e pelos que estão longe,nação agressiva e de fala estranha,cuja terra é dividida por rios.

3 Todos vocês, habitantes do mundo,vocês que vivem na terra,quando a bandeira for erguidasobre os montes, vocês a verão,e, quando soar a trombeta,vocês a ouvirão.

4 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Do lugar onde moro ficarei olhando, quietocomo o ardor do sol reluzente,como a nuvem de orvalho no calor do tempo da colheita”.

5 Pois, antes da colheita,quando a floração der lugar ao fruto e as uvas amadurecerem,ele cortará os brotos com a podadeirae tirará os ramos longos.