Woe to the land with whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cymbal. Or sistrum, commonly used in Egypt. Septuagint, "ship sails. "
Ethiopia, or Chus, lying between the Nile (the branches of which are styled rivers) and the Red Sea. He alludes to the kingdom of Tharaca, 4 Kings xix. 8. (Calmet)