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Isaiah 18 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in this chapter.
Special concepts in this chapter
Cush
This chapter records prophecies against the nation of Cush. They are being punished by Yahweh. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Metaphors
This chapter uses many metaphors to describe the destruction coming to the people of Cush. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)