Targum Jonathan on Isaiah Chapter 18
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וַי אַרְעָא דְאָתָן לָהּ בִּסְפִינָן מֵאַרְעָא רְחִיקָא וְקִלְעֵיהוֹן פְּרִיסָן כְּנִשְׁרָא דְטָאִיס בְּכַנְפוֹהִי דְמֵעִבַּר לְנַהֲרֵי הוֹדוּ:
Ho! the land which is beyond the rivers of India, to which they come in ships from a far country, whose sails are spread as an eagle flieth with its wings.
דִמְשַׁלַח בְּיַמָא אִזְגַדִין וּבִדְגוּגִין עַל אַפֵּי מַיָא אֱזִילוּ אִזְגַדִין קַלִילִין לְוַת עַמָא אֲנִיסָא וּבְזִיזָא לְוַת עַמָא דִתְקַיף מִבְּכֵין וּלְהַלָא עַמָא אֲנִיסָא וּבְזִיזָא דְבָזוּ עַמְמַיָא אַרְעֵיהּ:
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in ships on the face of the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, unto a people oppressed and plundered, unto a people that was mighty in times past, and shall be so in time to come: a people oppressed and robbed, whose land the nations have spoiled.
כָּל דְיָתְבִין בְּתֵבֵל וּדְשָׁרָן בְּאַרְעָא כְּמִזְקַף אָתָא עַל טוּרַיָא תֶחְזוּן אָתָא וּכְמִתְקַע שׁוֹפָרָא תִּשְׁמְעוּן פוּרְקַן:
All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when the standard is lifted up on the mountains, ye shall see the standard, and the trumpet shall sound, ye shall hear of redemption.
אֲרֵי כִדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ לִי אַנִיחַ לְעַמִי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַשְׁקֵיט לְהוֹן וְאֶתְרְעִי מִמְדוֹר קוּדְשִׁי לְאוֹטָבָא לְהוֹן בִּרְכָן וְנַחֲמָן אַיְתִי לְהוֹן בִּפְרִיעַ כִּשְׁחִין פָּצִיחַ עַל שֶׁמֶשׁ כַּעֲנָן טַל בִּשְׁחִין חֲצַד:
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: I will give rest to my people, yea, I will make them to rest, and I will delight in my holy habitation to do them good: blessings and consolations I will bring upon them quickly, when the heat is intense through the heat of the sun, then I will be to them a cloud of dew as in the heat of harvest.
אֲרֵי עַד לָא יִמְטֵי זְמַן חַצְדָא אִלָנָא לְאַפְרָחָא וּבִסְרָא מִנֵהּ סְמָדָר וְיִקְטוֹל שִׁלְטוֹנֵי עַמְמַיָא בְּחַרְבָּא וְיַת תַּקִיפֵיהוֹן יַעְדֵי וְיֶעְבַּר:
Before the time of harvest cometh the tree is ready to bud, and the unripe grape bursts forth into a flower: He shall slay the rulers of the nations with the sword, and their mighty ones He shall remove, and cause to pass away.
יִשְׁתַּבְּקוּן כַּחֲדָא לְעוֹפָא דְטוּרַיָא וְלִבְעִירָא דְאַרְעָא בְּקַיְטָא יְהֵי שָׁרֵי עֲלוֹהִי כָּל עוֹפָא דִשְׁמַיָא וְכָל בְּעִירָא דְאַרְעָא עֲלוֹהִי יַעַבְּרוּן סִתְוָא:
They shall be left together unto the fowl of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: all the fowls of the heavens shall dwell upon them in the summer, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
בְּעִדָנָא הַהִיא יַיְתִינֵיהּ בְּתוּקְרַבְתָּא לִקֳדָם יְיָ צְבָאוֹת לְעַמָא אֲנֵיסָא וּבְזִיזָאוּ לְוַת עַמָא דְיִתְקֵף מִבְּכֵן וּלְהַלָא עַמָא אֲנִיסָא וּבָזִיזָא דְבַזוּ עַמְמַיָא אַרְעֵהּ לְאַתְרָא דְאִתְקְרֵי שְׁמָא דַייָ צְבָאוֹת דִשְׁכִנְתֵּהּ בְּטוּרָא דְצִיוֹן:
At that time shall one bring an offering unto the Lord of hosts, to a people oppressed and spoiled, to a people that was mighty in times past, and shall be so in time to come, a people oppressed and robbed, whose land the nations have spoiled, unto the place which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts, whose Shekinah is in the mountain of Zion.