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Alas America
Not So Great After All…
This is a new day and age, a time where the internet instantly brings calamities home such that everyone around the world can witness unfolding events simultaneously. The eight billion people who currently occupy this planet spend an average of just under seven hours a day online – mostly on their smartphones.
On this day, the one the prophet Yasha’yah | Isaiah is describing, the world will be watching. Most will be in shock, trying to process what is transpiring.
They had been assured by their leaders that the “Two-State Solution” would bring peace to the Middle East and to the world. But it had the opposite effect. The images from countless cell phone cameras are now telling a different story. One hundred million vociferous and barbaric Muslim militants equipped with billions of dollars worth of American weapons are flooding into Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces have been gunning down wave after wave, creating mountains of dead bodies, stretched out like the undulations of an angry sea.
With Israel isolated and nearly indefensible, and these murderous religious belligerents unrelenting, the tide soon turns, and the tiny nation is inundated. And yet, with the “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Problem” finally in reach, every Islamic Jihadist is abruptly blown away, tossed like tumbleweeds in a wind unlike any ever seen. In an instant, the combined destructive force of Islam was completely 499annihilated trying to invade a seemingly insignificant nation. What happened? What’s next?
The dire nature of Yasha’yah’s prophetic vision does not change as we move through the artificial chapter break between Yasha’yah / Isaiah 17 and 18. But now as we turn the page, Yahowah does something He does nowhere else in the whole of the Towrah and Prophets.
Rather than naming the offending country, He vividly describes the egregious nation in His prophetic warning, ostensibly because it would remain unknown for over two thousand five hundred years. So, while the identity of this place will soon become obvious, the timing of this transition from Islamic terrorism in Israel to a distant land across the seas is intriguing, and perhaps concerning, depending upon where you may live.
When Yahowah revealed that His Spirit would blow the invading Muslims out of Yisra’el, He said that this was going to occur prior to an approaching storm. The regional conflict would be a prelude to World War, to the even more devastating aftermath of the Islamic attempt to conquer and loot God’s Land.
Therefore, in context, we have been given every reason to suspect that the nation that instigated the Syrian War, the nation that has played the greatest role in giving large swaths of Israel to the Muslims, the nation that built the weapons the Islamic nations will wield against Israel, is the very place which will act up again, pushing the rest of the world into war.
Listen…
“Woe (howy – alas, expressing dissatisfaction and a warning of impending doom, addressing the consequence of malicious yearnings and speech and the devastation and destruction it will bring) to the land (‘erets – the realm, nation, country, and place) of whirling and hovering 500(tsalatsal – of buzzing and swarming likenesses in the image of loud percussive flying weapons with vibrating and noisy metal components swirling around which devour and destroy, of the rhythmic clangor of locust-like armaments which shadow over others, causing them to quiver in fear beneath) wings (kanaph – structures with winged appendages like a bird which are used to fly in and attack, but also meaning past where the land ends, from a distant place at the far ends of the earth and from the extreme limits of space, often stealthy, hidden, and secret, capable of putting people into a corner or thrusting them aside) which relationally speaking (‘asher – which to show the way and to reveal the direction to take) is from (min – out of) the region beyond (‘eber – the place situated across and on the opposite side of the world [from the perspective of Yisra’el], an arrogant and haughty place, an immoral place prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias, a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others in) the direction of (la – a special extension toward) the rivers (nahary) of Kuwsh (Kuwsh – currently considered an unknown land even though Kuwsh is introduced in the Towrah in association with Babylon, and thus by deduction, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers as they pass through Northern Mesopotamia, or secondarily, the Nile Delta).” (Yasha’yah / Salvation is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:1)
As master of the obvious, few things are worse than being the object of a “howy – woe,” as is this nation of “whirling wings” – especially when the excoriating expression of intense dissatisfaction comes from God. Such a warning is the antithesis of the Divine blessing so many have been beguiled into believing their nation has received.
Tsalatsal, translated as “whirling and hovering,” is from the verbal root, tsalal, which speaks of “quivering in 501fear.” This, when combined with “in the image of loud percussive flying weapons which swarm in, armaments buzzing to destroy” paints a graphic picture similar to the paramount scene in Apocalypse Now. If you recall, before Robert Duvall tells us that he “loves the smell of Napalm in the morning,” a swarm of Huey helicopters, wings whirling, machine guns blazing, and missiles firing, instill panic among the women and children living in a Vietnam village, collectively destroying everything in sight – all punctuated by the German March of the Valkyries blaring from their loudspeakers.
Fast forward some sixty years, and more fearsome still, the quintessentially American Apache and Blackhawk Gunships replete with buzzing Gatling guns have swarmed in on whirling wings to instill fear throughout the Islamic Middle East.
Yasha’yah did not have a word for “military helicopter” at his disposal circa 700 BCE. He was inspired to explain what he was witnessing in our future using tsalatsal, where tsal was repeated. That is to say “tsal tsal – the likeness of something being depicted which is menacing and enormous, audibly and visually representing an extreme extrapolation of an inordinately loud flying weapon with whirling wings, swarming in and hovering overhead, percussive armaments buzzing and missiles firing in destructive and deadly fashion.”
We can deduce all of this because tsalal conveys all of these things. It conveys the “image of something swarming and hovering, which is whirling and buzzing, which may include spears and harpoons, even missiles firing, all in the semblance of the reverberating sound, shadowing appearance, and devastating consequence of a swarm of giant locusts, causing those attacked to be adversely affected, rendered lame, stumbling, and quivering in fear at the menacing sight and vibrating sound of winged and metallic implements of war hovering over them as their 502shadow darkens the ground beneath them, revealing the transitory nature of life.” When the word is repeated, as it is with tsalatsal, we must consider the most comprehensive and extreme extrapolations of these things.
Then with tsalatsal modifying “kanaph – wings,” we are left with four variations of one option, each of which apply: fixed- and rotary-wing military aircraft which are either piloted or drones. And speaking of flying machines, while it may have been unintended, “kanaph – wings” is from a primitive root which conveys “stealth,” as in “to be hidden from view.” Among military aircraft, this too is a quintessentially American concept, as are attack helicopters and warplanes.
Irrefutably, the United States is the nation best known for its winged military prowess, and most notably, helicopter gunships. These whirling wings—Apache and Black Hawk helicopters—swooping into lands far and wide are etched into the world’s psyche, guns clattering in Vietnam, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
And since the terms used here remain applicable to any loud, armed, and winged military aircraft, I dare say, that if I gave you the entirety of the paleo-Hebrew lexicon, you couldn’t write a more adept description. Therefore, as each of the strokes that compose this picture that we are considering are presented, one after another, the portrait will become as clear as it is ominous – at least for the object of this warning.
Kanaph, which describes “the structure of winged appendages such as those found on a bird which are used to propel flight,” conveys other insights particularly germane to the nation positioned at the biting edge of this “howy – expression of dissatisfaction.” Kanaph addresses “a distant place, located well past where the land ends, at the far ends of the earth.” Also, from the Yisra’elite perspective, the swirling wings seem to come out of the 503“extreme limits of space.” These “kanaph – stealthy, hidden, and secret airborne machines are capable of putting people into a corner and thrusting them aside.” These are clues we will consider more fully in a moment.
Our next word is ‘asher, which was rendered as “which relationally speaking shows the way.” It was deployed to reveal a relationship between the whirling wings and the location of the place dispatching them.
And that nation is “‘eber – a region well beyond the borders” of Yisra’el, “a place situated across the sea and on the opposite side of the world” from the Promised Land. It is “‘eber – an arrogant and haughty place, an immoral culture prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias.”
The nation is “a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others.” Moreover, it is filled with “‘Ibry – Hebrews” and thus has a significant Jewish population. Lastly, since the root of ‘eber is ‘abar, the people of this nation “have been alienated because of their position on Passover.” “‘Eber – invalid” from God’s perspective, they are “perishing.”
Since God is “la – pointing us in the direction of something” and encouraging us to view its location as “a special extension toward this place,” we are being given bearings. With that in mind, the next clue is “nahary – rivers,” plural. Therefore, the proper bearing is either past the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers or the river system found in the Nile Delta.
If it were singular, we’d turn to the Jordan River. Although the land most divided by rivers is the same place where aerial warfare has become ubiquitous – the nation which seems to meet all of the other criteria we’ve seen thus far.
504Beyond this, nahar speaks of “traveling en masse” and of a “constant flow of a large number of people.” So, we ought to be looking for a populous nation where the citizenry travels continually and freely and where the military can project an enormous force.
Although the next word is Kuwsh, let’s table what can be known about what it may represent for a moment so that we can retain our focus on the land of whirling-winged aircraft. After all, Kuwsh isn’t the country being warned and scolded, but instead a place that simply points us in the direction of the subject nation.
Hovering, whirling-winged aircraft, engines roaring and armaments blazing, is such a remarkable visual picture, let’s consider those implications, especially as they relate to the nation best known for producing and deploying these menacing airborne killing machines. America’s first military helicopter was the Sikorsky R-4, initially flown in 1942. Between the R-4, H-5, and R-6, 650 warbirds were deployed.
The U.S. quickly made the leap to spying in 1945 with the Bell H-13 Sioux, its second military helicopter. A total of 2,407 were “put into service.” During the 1950s, the U.S. produced 2,000 Hiller OH-23 Ravens, 1,102 Sikorsky H-19 Utility, and 707 Vertol H-21 Cargo helicopters. The initial Assault rotary-wing warbird was the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave, which was manufactured from 1956 through 1969.
This led to the first of two helicopters which came to be emblematic of American intervention and aggression – a metaphor of the nation’s loudmouthed and menacing bite, symbolic of its propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others. The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, nicknamed the “Huey,” quickly became the world’s most recognizable helicopter. First flown in 1959, 16,000 have been deployed, 7,000 of 505them used to make a bad situation worse in Vietnam – 5,607 of those destroyed during the conflict.
Not only is the name “Bell” intriguing, in that it is based upon Bel, the Bel Babel / Lord of Babylon, they were called “Hogs” if they carried rockets and “Cobras” if they were more benignly equipped with 50-caliber machine guns. They were referred to as “Slicks” when used as modern cavalry, transporting troops into battle and broken bodies and corpses back from those engagements. The UH-1 flew “hunter-killer” teams in missions toward the end of the Vietnam Conflict.
Of the 58,220 American lives sacrificed for nothing in Southeast Asia, ten percent of them, 2,165 pilots and 2,712 crewmen, were lost flying Hueys. What we don’t know is how many soldiers were escorted to their deaths in Hueys, dropped off so that they could take a hill from the Vietnamese only to surrender it back to them. Nor does the 101st Airborne keep records of the number of tormented troops flown back to camp so that they could fight and die another day.
In the years that followed, 1,500 Sikorsky Sea Kings were produced, scores of them to transport U.S. presidents from the Rose Garden to Air Force 1. Boeing manufactured 1,180 Chinooks, the twin-rotor behemoths, beginning in 1962. The first Hughes chopper was the Cayuse, of which 1,420 entered service. The MD MH-6 Little Bird followed, but because it is used for “Special Operations,” the number brought into service is classified.
The first pure “Attack” helicopter was the Bell AH-1G Cobra, of which the Marines ordered 1,116. Bell then hit a gold mine with their OH-58 Kiowa, selling 2,200 of the versatile warbirds used for “observation, reconnaissance, utility, and direct fire support” along with their model 206 Jet Ranger, with 7,300 built to carry military brass around in style.
506Beginning in 1979, Sikorsky introduced the first in a series of combat killing machines with the UH-60 Black Hawk and Pave Hawk. It served as the U.S. Army’s tactical transport replacement for the Bell UH-1. These whirling wings were designed for “electronic warfare and special operations.” They were also used for “new missions and roles, including minelaying.” Isn’t that special? So special apparently, that 2,701 have been deployed. And that does not include the still-classified stealth variations, such as the ones deployed to assassinate the reclusive Osama bin Laden.
America’s baddest bird, the Boeing / McDonnel / Hughes AH-64 Apache followed, entering service in 1984, with production soaring above 1,100 aircraft. While Hughes would make 471 Defenders beginning in 1976, no one seems to know what they were used to defend. The ultimate boondoggle, the Bell / Boeing V-22 Osprey was designed in 1983 and entered service in 2007, with just 160 attempting to fly since that time.
The RAH-66 Comanche, the “keep America first” sneaky upgrade of the killing prowess of the Apache, has had a tough time migrating the political climate shifts in Washington, so after 2 were produced at an exorbitant cost of $6.9 billion, the stealth helicopter program was “cancelled.” Well, in actuality, when Congress faltered, the hawks simply applied the stealth and noise suppression technology to Sikorsky’s popular UH-60 Black Hawk and have produced an undisclosed quantity.
The latest disclosed killer, aptly named “Venom,” entered service in 2008, but fewer than 100 have been built. We are told that the Piasecki X-49, an experimental high-speed, compound, stealth helicopter, is currently under development. All of this is to say that the United States has a veritable monopoly on whirling-winged combat aircraft.
507Now let’s bring in the drones. As of five years ago, the last public report, the U.S. military operated 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens, 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs, 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas, 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk UAS systems, 246 turbine and Hellfire missile-ready Predators and MQ-1C Grey Eagles, 126 MQ-9 Reaper Hunter-Killers (a $17 million machine), 491 RQ-7 Shadows (also $17 million including launch systems), and 33 RQ-4 giant Global Hawks (a vastly larger remotely-controlled airborne drone costing just over $222 million apiece).
Countless additional Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) have been purchased by the U.S. military since this 2014 inventory was made public, and no one knows the quantity flown by America’s spy agencies who have had lethal authority restored after lobbying the Trump Administration. Moreover, the military role of unmanned aircraft systems is growing at unprecedented rates. These war machines range from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of millions and weigh in at less than a pound to twenty tons.
Drones are so prevalent that they have shifted the moral arguments surrounding war: from targeting states to killing individuals. They have also lowered the threshold for war, allowing nations like America to intervene almost instantly, and without public or political approval. Barack Obama played God with them, murdering thousands of people without indictment, trial, or even any evidence that they had killed a single American.
And in keeping with video games, by digitizing the sting of death, we have entered a new world – a lethal and frightening time – in which body counts are the means to keep score. And do not think that they are someone else’s menace, because the U.S. military has admitted and justified deploying them over U.S. cities. Moreover, the FBI now operates a large fleet of fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft over American cities.
508Especially germane to the prophecy, the U.S. military is now equipped with Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems, or nano-drones. With a 6.6-inch-long body shaped like a large locust, they fly using two rotary wings, one for lift, the other on the tail to counter the centrifugal force of the main rotor. They sport a 1.24-mile range, fly at 13 mph, can stay aloft 25 minutes, and weigh just 33 grams. Since almost every combat soldier will have one, they will swarm in and hover like locusts.
Now let’s deal with the enigma known as Kuwsh. We are initially introduced to Kuwsh as Noach’s grandson through Ham. In the Table of Nations found in Bare’syth / Genesis 10, Ham represents Africa and Asia, while his firstborn, Kuwsh | Deprived of Light, became the forefather of Babylon. Ham’s other sons were Mitsraym (denoting Egypt), Put (the progenitor of Libya), and Canaan (addressing the tribes that occupied the Promised Land). The “Deprived of Light” and “Babylon” connections are intriguing, especially since no nation better exemplifies Babylon today than America. Only the institution of Roman Catholicism is a more adroit fit. Both nations, Babylon then and America now, are the most dominant and influential of their time.
God’s request for His people to leave Babylon during the last days was first stated in Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 51:6, where we find an accusation that includes, as does this one in Yasha’yah 18, a “woe,” with “ships at sea,” as well as with an ode to “military and financial influence on all other nations.” It reveals that the country most akin to Babylon during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles will be destroyed, and as a result of this occurring “due to its enormous wealth and seaborne trade, world leaders will mourn for her because no one buys their cargo anymore.” The Yirma’yah reference is undeniably pointed toward the United States, as is the request to “come out of her My people,” since 509Yahowah has only one people and seven million Jews, over 40% of the worldwide population, live in America.
In a subsequent chapter of another book, we will pursue these prophetic references so that we learn as much as is knowable on this side of these events occurring. But for now, as God continues to make His case against the United States here in Yasha’yah 18, be aware that this prophecy does not stand alone.
Further, the reason this nation associated with Babylon will fall is also explained in Yirma’yah. Indicting the nation that armed and inspired the Islamic jihadists who wish to destroy Yisra’el, we read: “As Babylon has caused the slain of Yisra’el to fall, so in Babylon shall fall the slain of the Earth. You who have escaped its weapons, go away, do not stand still. Remember God is afar so let Yaruwshalaim come into your mind.” (Yirma’yah 51:49-50)
That said, there are three Babylons, not one or two. The United States of America is political Babylon. The Roman Catholic Church is religious Babylon. And the Muslim Middle East is geographic Babylon. A historical, etymological, and DNA analysis reveals that there are untold numbers of Yisra’elites in each. While this may seem surprising, as a result of the convert-or-die option posed to Jews by Roman Catholics and Muslims, Yahuwdym by the millions chose an extension of life to a torturous death.
Affirming Kuwsh’s association with Mesopotamia, Kuwsh fathered Nimrod, the Babylonian king who first popularized sun-god religious mythology, the first man to be considered the son of the Sun – the principal pagan deity – and thus a god. This aspect of the Babylonian religion, whereby the son of god was killed and resurrected, was later manifest in Tammuz, Osiris, Dionysus, Bacchus, and 510ultimately in the Christian “Jesus,” deceiving countless billions throughout the ages.
Further, in Chabaquwq / Habakkuk 3:7, the Kuwshy are from a land whose tents could be seen from Midian, pointing us once again to a region just north of Babylon. Also, considering its prophetic context in Chabaquwq, Kuwsh must be considered as part of Yahowah’s overt condemnation of Sha’uwl | Paul – the Plague of Death responsible for Christianity.
Therefore, based upon these references, the rivers of Kuwsh would include the region Christian America invaded when it gave Iraq to Iran, thereby igniting the Syrian War. And that’s especially relevant as we begin our quest to understand Yasha’yah 18.
The first and only attempt to locate the rivers associated with the “land of Kuwsh” geographically in the Towrah is found in the reference to the position of the Garden of ‘Eden in Bare’syth / Genesis 2:13. As we discovered with a modicum of research, it becomes obvious that ‘Eden was located in the eastern part of today’s Turkey, near the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers near Lake Van.
In the Bare’syth account, the Gychown River “winds its way through the whole land of Kuwsh.” Today we find a legacy in the “Kusheh Dagh – Kuwsh Mountains” which tower above the Iranian city of Tabriz. The Kuwsh Range is less than two hundred miles from the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the best-known tributaries associated with ‘Eden.
And if I may be so bold, Yahowah’s guidance is actually multidirectional. Kuwsh not only points us in the direction of the United States and identifies the country by way of the connection to Mystery Babylon, it draws our attention right back to the reason Damascus will become a heap of twisted ruins, why the Syrian government will fall, 511why the nation of Israel will be thinned at her waist, and why millions of Islamic jihadists will flood into the indefensible nation. America invaded Kuwsh, not once but twice, setting all of this into motion.
In the name of full disclosure, since Nimrod was rumored to be of African descent, and since kuwsh means “blackness and darkness,” Kuwsh is thought by some to be Africa. However, most lexicons, such as the Dictionary of Biblical Languages, designate Kuwsh as “an unknown land.”
Ignoring the Towrah’s initial reference to the rivers flowing out of ‘Eden and into Iraq, and then also disregarding the plural use of “nahary – rivers” (there is only one river in Egypt), religious scholars are wont to place the “land of Cush (as Kuwsh is often transliterated)” in the Upper Kingdom of Egypt along the Nile. Cush is also presented as “Ethiopia” in the King James Version, and thus in Strong’s, even though no such country existed at the time, and Ethiopia was unknown to the Yisra’elites.
Other references in Yasha’yah tie Kuwsh and Mitsraym | Egypt together, at least politically and militarily, because they align to wage war against the Yisra’elites (Yasha’yah 20:3 and 45:14). Egypt and Cush are also connected by King Dowd | David in Mizmowr / Psalm 68:31. Then in Dany’el / Daniel 11:43, the people of Kuwsh are said to be rich as a result of business dealings with Egypt and Libya.
Also in Amos 9:7, Yahowah calls the sons of Yisra’el, sons of Kuwsh, using the term to demean His people’s affinity for human subjugation. And should Kuwsh actually refer to a nation in league with Egypt, look no further than the United States, its largest benefactor and arms supplier.
Further, in the related, kuwr, we find “a smelting furnace or crucible,” thereby associating the name with Mitsraym / the Crucibles of Religious, Political, and 512Military Oppression. The kuwr addresses “an event, time, or experience of testing and of extreme affliction wherein the impurities of the dross are removed from what is actually valuable.”
While the “rivers of Kuwsh” clearly refer to the region of Northern Mesopotamia, today’s Iraq and Iran, a less effective case can also be made to include the Nile Delta region of Egypt where the river divides into a number of tributaries. And yet, remember Yahowah isn’t talking about Kuwsh per se but instead about a nation that is beyond Kuwsh, and on the opposite side of its rivers, a place situated on the other side of the world from either Northern Iraq and Iran or the Nile Delta of Egypt from the perspective of Yaruwshalaim.
Since Yahowah has twice mentioned “sea” in the prelude to this warning, since He is about to tell us that this nation will send its envoys across the sea, since Israel’s western border is the Mediterranean Sea, and since we will consider how the prophetic nature of the Towrah’s Song of the Sea is applicable to this situation later in chapter 14, we may want to draw a line from Jerusalem, bisecting the Mediterranean Sea, to find where it leads.
You may be surprised to know that such a line intersects the northeastern corridor of the United States very near New York City – the nation’s most populous and influential region. But that’s not all. If we start again in Jerusalem and then move our line down so that it passes through the Nile Delta, it intersects the southernmost part of Florida, Texas, and Hawaii. Then, keeping the starting point the city in which this prophecy was revealed, but placing the line over the rivers of Kuwsh beginning over Lake Van and moving southeast through northern Iraq and Iran, the extension of this line points to the northernmost part of Alaska.
513The epicenter of the directions God provided to locate the land of whirling wings is arguably the most influential city on Earth, the economic engine of the world, and America’s most populous, New York. Equidistant lines are inclusive of everything from southern Florida, Texas, and Hawaii to northern Alaska. And so, while there is always the chance, especially with a place like Kuwsh with multiple locations (albeit both overwhelmingly influenced by America’s military interventionism), to have interpreted the instructions incorrectly, thus far it is beginning to look like the United States of America not only qualifies aeronautically but also geographically.
And yet, there were even more clues available within the words used to describe this nation. Beyond the tsalatsal representation of “inordinately loud flying weapons with whirling wings, swarming in and hovering overhead, percussive armaments buzzing and missiles firing in destructive and deadly fashion,” we learn that there is a “kanaph – stealth” component to these airborne beasts, another American development. Kanaph also revealed that the subject nation was located in “a distant place, well past 514where the land ends, at the far ends of the earth.” Looking west in recognition that this nation is coming by sea and not land, the United States must be that distant place, because it is the farthest one can sail west through the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic before running aground.
Our next affirmation comes from ‘eber, where we discovered that this country was located in “a region well beyond the borders” of Yisra’el, “a place situated across the sea and on the opposite side of the world.” It is also from ‘eber that we learned that this was “an arrogant and haughty place, an immoral culture prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias.”
That is the view much of the world holds of America today. According to ‘eber, the nation is “a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others.” No nation on Earth, past or present, fits this depiction more adroitly than the United States. With seven million Jews, forty-two percent of the world’s overall population, the shoe continues to fit.
The country is even nahar: “a populous nation where the citizenry travels constantly and freely and where the military can present itself en masse.” Once again, America isn’t just the best fit, it alone fits. So that’s a total of seventeen clues, all of which point to one nation: the United States of America.
However, these are not the only insights that we have been given thus far. In context, this “howy – warning” is being directed toward the nation responsible for the upcoming destruction of Damascus, for thinning Israel at the waist, for equipping the Islamic terrorists flooding into the Land, empowering them to the point that Yahowah has to intervene to defend His people. And once again, the only common denominator is America, the nation that started the Syrian War by invading Iraq and giving the country to 515Iran. The United States is the principal broker of the land-for-peace deal that will sever Israel, making the nation indefensible.
And America is the primary arms merchant to the Muslim world, currently providing Islamic nations with twenty-five times more weaponry than is made available to Israel. Moreover, during the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of State threatened to cut off that supply, including replacement parts, entirely if Israel didn’t capitulate and surrender the West Bank to Muslims. So rather than having two clues directed at America, there have been twenty-two, most of which exclude any other potential candidate. Therefore, if you are an American, especially one who supports a political party, is patriotic and praises the military, or is even the least bit anti-Israel, you have been warned.
In that this is as surprising as it is important, here is what we have learned thus far: from tsalatsal kanaph – 1) it is a country of menacing whirling and hovering wings, of buzzing and swarming likenesses of loud percussive flying weapons with vibrating and noisy metal components swirling around which devour and destroy, of the rhythmic clangor and reverberating sound of percussive armaments buzzing and missiles firing in destructive and deadly fashion which shadow over others like a swarm of attacking locusts 2) past where the land ends, from a distant place at the far ends of the Earth and from the extreme limits of space, 3) often stealthy, hidden, and secret, 4) capable of putting people into a corner or thrusting them aside, causing those attacked to be adversely affected, quivering in fear at the menacing sight and vibrating sound of metallic implements of war hovering over them.
From ‘asher min ‘eber la – 5) relationally speaking and to reveal the direction to take this nation is from the region beyond the direction of a place situated across and on the opposite side of the world [from the perspective of 516Yisra’el], 6) an arrogant and haughty place, 7) an immoral place prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias, 8) a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others), and 9) a nation with a significant Jewish population.
From nahary Kuwsh – 10) that nation is associated with Babylon (leading us to numerous affirmations and additional insights provided in Yirma’yah), 11) it has projected its influence into the area of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers as they pass through Northern Mesopotamia and thus Iraq, which America invaded, 12) and/or is involved militarily in the Nile Delta, and thus is a nation with military alliances with Egypt, 13) comprised of people who travel en masse with a constant flow of a large number of individuals, and thus a populous nation where the citizenry travels continually and freely and 14) where the military can project an enormous force, 15) located by looking west from Jerusalem bisecting the Mediterranean Sea, which we now know intersects the northeastern corridor of the United States near New York City, 16) and identified by a line drawn from Jerusalem passing through the Nile Delta which intersects the southernmost part of Florida, Texas, and Hawaii, and also 17) starting at the point this prophecy was revealed and looking past the rivers of Kuwsh and going eastward around the globe points to the northernmost part of Alaska.
Then from Yasha’yah 17, we must add – 18) this nation is responsible for the Syrian War and the destruction of Damascus, 19) for the fall of the Syrian government as a result of invading Iraq and giving it to Iran, 20) for exciting millions of Islamic fundamentalists such that they become jihadists, 21) for thinning Israel at the waist as the principal broker of the land-for-peace deal, and 22) for equipping the Islamic terrorists flooding into the Land, empowering them to the point that Yahowah has to intervene to defend His people, currently providing Islamic 517nations with twenty-five times more weaponry than is made available to Israel. There is one affirmation, therefore, for each of the twenty-two letters of the language used to reveal its identity.
But Yahowah wasn’t finished describing and thus identifying this nation or its location. In addition to the many telling clues we have already seen, God will address this country’s diverse racial composition, military prowess, diplomatic tendencies, attitude toward others, and the nature of its people. As affirmation in His next statement, we are given fifty additional clues, bringing the total to seventy-two.
In the context of this prophecy, the nation responsible for precipitating the destruction of Damascus, the nation guilty of thinning Israel at the waist, the nation best known for its whirling wings, the nation beyond the “rivers of Kuwsh” from the perspective of a prophet living 2,700 years ago in Yahuwdah...
“It dispatches weapons of war (ha shalach – it sends out battle groups with an arsenal of implements equipped with missiles for fighting to other places for the purpose of extending its influence) by way of the sea (ba ha yam – across the water in the manner of the Gentile nations) along with envoys (tsyr – including authorized representatives of false gods to deliver an anguishing religious message under the guise of protection which causes great distress and anxiety because world events will pivot, hinging in a detrimental and painful manner upon the provisions which the delegation will insist, starting the birth pangs)….” (18:2 in part)
Almost all of the Hebrew terms used in this prophetic declaration give us a word’s-eye-view of the prophet’s distant future, which is our present day. We should not be surprised that they are rich in their implications and uncommon in their usage.
518Depending upon the way they are vocalized, there is a considerable range of connotations associated with each term. Therefore, I have sought to provide you with as comprehensive an assessment as possible of the nation Yahowah has been describing. As a result, we are going to analyze each phrase and sentence of the arbitrary verse designation 18:2 separately and individually.
The opening verbal phrase, ha shalach, could have been accurately conveyed simply as “it sends out and dispatches” had it not been for the context and the realization that the same word, vocalized shelach, is properly translated: “weapons, implements used for fighting wars, offensive or defensive vessels equipped with the means to project missiles.”
Therefore, by incorporating both connotations and more fully integrating the meaning of the verb, we achieve: “it dispatches weapons of war, sending out battle groups with an arsenal of implements equipped with missiles for fighting to other places for a purpose of extending its influence.”
Ba ha yam literally means “by the sea.” However, realizing that sea is a metaphor for “Gowym / Gentiles” who are distinguished from “Yahuwdym / Jews” (who are “of the Land”),” this could also be conveying “in the way of the Gentiles.”
Tsyr is “an authorized agent or envoy of someone else, a government or institution, dispatched as part of a delegation with the authority to convey an official message regarding what is in the interests of another.” Tsyr also speaks of “intense physical pain, writhing contractions, torment, anxiety, and anguish, especially in association with the worship of false gods and religious images.”
Further, tsyr can be conveyed: “to interpose something between an object and the source of light, thereby creating a dark shadow.” And if that were not sufficiently revealing 519to indict America, a tsyr is also “the pivot point or fulcrum upon which events change from bad to worse, ushering in birth pangs.”
The United States has built thirteen enormous Battle Groups around its fleet of massive aircraft carriers. Two additional floating behemoths are under construction. This capacity to project a force “ba kaly gome’ – in floating vessels” on the “paneh maym – surface of the waters” is unparalleled in human history.
It is in this way that America’s “mal’ak – messengers and envoys” travel “qal – swiftly and indulgently on the missions” presidents have declared are in the country’s national interest. While their reasoning is dubious at best, the globe has become America’s playground.
Since there isn’t another nation with a single vessel with as much as a third of the capacity and capability of a Nimitz-class carrier, since the U.S. Navy boasts more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined, and since they are by far the most effective way to send a message that won’t be missed, there may be no better way than this to distinguish the United States from other nations. Also, as if striving to comply with the prediction, the U.S. Secretary of Defense announced in early 2014 that he was substantially reducing troop strength in the Army so that he could build more ships capable of projecting American naval superiority across the seas.
“And so (wa), in swift floating vessels (ba kaly gama’ – quickly swallowing up great distances within implements of violence and war, equipped to swiftly accomplish their undertaking, among warships serving as weapons which appear like bulrush, which is a grayish marine plant, as a means to cover great distances to control others even if collateral damage is a consequence, using a piece of equipment where absolute authority is imposed such that those inside are essentially captives, imprisoned to fulfill 520the mission) over the surface of the waters because of the presence of the floodwaters (‘al paneh maym – on the face of the waters and on account of the appearance of the flood), the messengers (mal’ak – the representatives who announce a position, those who are empowered to project influence and authority) travel (halak – are escorted and transported, traveling (qal imperative – indicating that they come from a place of freedom of choice but are now following the orders of those who sent them)) swiftly, indulgently, and inappropriately, trivializing the complexity of the situation while disregarding the consequences (qal / qol – unconcerned about and indifferent to those whose situation they are quick to slight, impulsive and imprudent, cursing the lives of those they are intending to meddle in, demonstrating a propensity to hurriedly underestimate the intricacies of existing relationships and thereby rapidly making bad situations worse as they move from one place to another in a short period of time without sufficient regard for their victims, the consequences of their demands, or the end result of their missions)….” (18:2 in part)
Kaly, means “vessel, tool, or object” generally, or in context, “an implement of violence and weapon of war.” It is from kalah, which reveals that those aboard these “military vessels are determined to accomplish the mission, completely destroying and annihilating whatever is necessary to complete it.” Further, kaly is related to kaly’, which reveals that these ships are essentially “prisons, where absolute authority is imposed upon those who are shut up, confined, and restricted inside.” Such is the nature of almost any navy but is absolute in the U.S. Navy where the enlisted spend all of their time inside the ship following orders, doing exactly what they are told.
The word following kaly is either gome’ or its actionable root, gama’, depending upon the pronunciation. The former speaks of “papyrus or bulrush, the dark 521material used by the Egyptians and Phoenicians circa 750 BCE to construct the largest ships of the day such that their vessels would float on the water.” The latter speaks of “being fast and able to cover great distances quickly, appearing to swallow up the water.”
In fact, gama’ could be rendered under the maritime concept of “displacement,” realizing that massive vessels float because of the weight of water they dislocate. And while it is likely stretching beyond what the prophet saw or intended, papyrus became the medium upon which the Christian New Testament, replete with Paul’s poison pen, was sent out to an unsuspecting world.
There is a subtlety within “‘al paneh maym – over the surface of the waters” we ought not miss. The phrase could just as easily have been translated as “because of the appearance and presence of the floodwaters.” This is potentially important because these menacing battle groups bristling with whirling wings and filled with authorized envoys may have been dispatched expressly because of the Islamic terrorists who have flooded into Yisra’el. “Flooded” and “waters” come from the same word: maym.
This second time, “messenger” is from the more common, albeit usually spiritual, mal’ak. While they are typically heavenly representatives and spiritual implements, let’s not lose sight of the fact that Satan is not only a mal’ak, he is the god the religious of this nation worship.
Halak is a common verb, meaning “to walk, to travel from one place to another, and to go about one’s business.” The only thing that is unique about it here is the imperative mood, which typically conveys volition in the first person but can reflect an order or command.
We are reminded that this fleet of warships is “swift,” although now the indication is derived from qal. It even paints a vivid portrait, telling us that the “sea is foamy in 522the wake” of these ships and their propellers. However, just as has been the case with almost every other word used thus far, the same Hebrew letters convey an even more compelling picture. Qol reveals that this nation “indulgently and inappropriately trivializes the complexity of the situation while disregarding the consequences of their objectives.”
If I were to synthesize the modus of American interventionism into a single phrase it would be: impetuously and inappropriately trivialize the complexity of every situation by disregarding the consequences of one’s actions. The US made bad situations much worse in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, then Ukraine, by deposing existing governments and playing war. Their replacements were far less civil, and in the wake of US interventionism, Islamic jihadists have become more aggressive. This is a result of acting rashly without first assessing the situation in context or considering the probable outcomes.
Yes, such a nation’s “intrusions are prone to make bad situations much worse because they are unconcerned about and indifferent to those whose affairs they are quick to slight, impulsively and imprudently simplifying things such that they fixate on a minor aspect of a far more complex reality.” As such, they end up “cursing the lives of those whose world they are intending to meddle in by rashly demonstrating a propensity to underestimate the intricacies of existing relationships.” That is exactly what has occurred as a result of the American military operations throughout the Muslim Middle East.
When this nation sends its fleet across the sea, dispatching them “hurriedly in response to their own perceptions before thinking the situation through, things rapidly deteriorate.” This nation is apathetic to the countries they invade, the lives they snuff out, or the disaster they leave behind.” This is the mindset that caused 523killing bin Laden and deposing Saddam to become so enormously and incontrovertibly counterproductive for everyone affected by America’s military interventions.
The story of America’s proxy war in Ukraine has a long and dark history, beginning with George Bush and then Barack Obama, followed by Joe Biden. It will
While this may seem like way too much meaning to glean from such a little word, all of this can be derived from the 130 times the root is deployed. Beginning in Bare’syth / Genesis 16:4-5 we find most of this reflected in the way Hagar came to see Saray after she became pregnant with ‘Abram’s child.
Because she was barren by comparison, Saray was quickly disregarded by Hagar and slighted without any consideration of the complexity of the overall relationship, especially the fact that she was a slave and Saray was ‘Abram’s wife. Nor was Hagar willing or capable of addressing the consequences of her attitude and approach, or even how her words and deeds would soon make the situation far worse for her and her son.
Also, in the Towrah, in Bare’syth / Genesis 27:11-12, Ya’aqob became concerned about the negative consequences of Rebekah’s scheme when she decided to fool Yitschaq into favoring him over his brother, Esau. A variation of qol is used identically by Dowd | David and explained in Shamuw’el / 2 Samuel 6:22.
This is advanced in Nechemyah / Nehemiah 13:25, where the people are cursed for acting thoughtlessly on their impulses and having failed to consider the consequences of marrying foreign women and then publicly disgracing them. Driving this point home, we find Dowd contrasting the moronic vilification of him with Yahowah’s blessings, asking God to do to them as they intended for him.
524Qol is, therefore, the perfect word to depict the impetus for the invasion of Yisra’el by Islamic terrorists. Impulsively, irrationally, without concern for the people or nation, America invaded Afghanistan after 9-11, even though not a single Afghani participated in the terrorist attack. Immediately thereafter, the U.S. invaded Iraq, making a bad situation far worse, when none of its hasty justifications proved valid.
This led not only to the destruction of both countries and the loss of over a million lives but directly to the Syrian War – one that will end as foretold in Yasha’yah 17. And that brings us full circle as to why Yahowah is condemning the United States of America in Yasha’yah 18.
As we continue, let’s not lose sight of the continual references to ‘el gowy, describing a predominantly Gentile nation. The land Yahowah is exposing and warning is a “confluence of ethnicities.” It is considered “multicultural” and “uncultured” with a predilection for “pagan religious beliefs” and “heathen morality.”
“This on behalf of a nation of people from different races and places (‘el gowy – this concerning Gentiles, the uncultured and heathen multiculturalists whose country’s people are a confluence of ethnicities (singular)) who are wont to constantly take the lead, directing others, extending their reach and influence (mashak – who have a prolonged desire to take things away, who are actively involved, out in front, enticing and directing others at considerable cost, who have a propensity to engage in the world as if it were their own, habitually seizing whatever they desire, who control coinage and thus the means to commerce, acquiring and holding vast sums of money, continually removing people from their land, initiating and directing the seizure, acquiring great wealth in the process, and prone to believe in an altered state of reality while overextending and enriching themselves, who are also typically tall, immodest, and frequently intoxicated).
525They are scrubbed clean, smooth-skinned and shaven, and yet reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming (wa mowrat – they are well scoured and overly concerned about personal hygiene, their bodies are often so hairless they appear polished, most are beardless and many have shaved heads (as contrasted with Yisra’elites who are hairy and often bearded and the Islamic terrorists who are religiously unshaven), they rush headlong and are headstrong, precipitating in perverse actions with sharpened swords because they are an aggressive and vehement people who are fond of their military’s burnished weapons; from yarat – obstinate and headstrong so as to drive ahead recklessly)….” (18:2 in part)
If we were to ask a plethora of unbiased, informed, and rational individuals worldwide which nation typically “mashak – takes the lead in international economic affairs, most significantly influences banking and trade, strives to extend its political influence by treating the world as if it were its own, and is the most prone to form military coalitions and direct multinational forces at enormous cost, all based upon the egotistical, unrealistic, and all too often intoxicated perspective of its people,” I suspect that 90% would answer “the United States” on any one of these propensities and that 100% would reply “America” when all five criteria are considered.
Second only to the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, the “mashak – tallest people” on the planet live in the United States, a place where the superstars in politics and athletics often loom over ordinary individuals. But above all, Americans are “mashak – immodest,” a self-described superpower known far and wide for its “superiority complex and condescending arrogance.”
Considering itself the richest nation on Earth, America is the most in debt. Considering itself the freest place on Earth, America incarcerates the highest percentage of its population. Considering itself a peacemaker, America 526boasts and deploys the most menacing military in human history. Considering itself moral, no nation is more plagued by drug addiction, both prescribed and illicit. Combined with alcohol abuse, Americans are especially prone to “intoxication.”
And yet, it is America’s propensity to “confiscate the property of others” that distinguishes this nation as especially mashak. First, it was the indigenous people of the continent who were ravaged by westward conquest. Then it was the Mexicans in the southwest and Spanish in the southeast. Even the Hawaiians and Eskimos fell victim to America’s lust for the idea of Manifest Destiny.
And yet, from Yahowah’s perspective, nothing the United States has done has been more diabolical than leading the charge to take His land away from His people. And in this context, considering the transition from the Syrian War leading to the divestiture of Israel, we would be wise to see America’s role in both travesties as the reason Yahowah deployed mashak in conjunction with His condemnation of the United States.
To appreciate mowrat, it is helpful to study a bit of anatomy and anthropology. Not only are Yisra’elites among the hairiest people, and those most prone to beards today, it wasn’t until very recently that the preponderance of the people were clean-shaven or well-groomed.
So, from Yasha’yah’s perspective as a Yahuwd 2,700 years ago, Americans today would have appeared shockingly “mowrat – smooth-skinned, scrubbed, and shaven.” Also, when we consider what Yasha’yah just witnessed, that of millions of Islamic jihadists flooding into Yisra’el, by comparison to those who grow their hair and beards out in compliance with their religious beliefs, Americans would appear almost bald.
But it is the nation’s modern arsenal of weapons that would have been the most startling: “mowrat – sharp, 527piercing, and gleaming as the headstrong rush headlong to burnish them in fierce combat.” Not only does America outspend others in personal care and hygiene it outguns the rest of the world combined. Moreover, the propensity to invade other nations, consistently making bad situations worse, as was the case in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, is by any definition “obstinate and reckless.”
In order to lure in new conscripts, the U.S. Navy presents itself in its commercials as “a force for good.” And yet it has been “mowrat – typically deployed in a reckless manner.” It contributed to the destruction of Afghanistan and Iraq, making two bad situations much worse. But even in its most acclaimed moment, the United States carelessly sacrificed one hundred additional troops for every one of the three thousand sailors who were needlessly killed at Pearl Harbor.
Reckless, which presupposes exasperating and unexpected consequences of a thoughtless and improperly planned, ignorant, or irrational approach, defines America today, economically, politically, diplomatically, and militarily. The nation has devalued its currency with irresponsible spending, and unable to pay its bills, has become a bankrupt debtor. Politically, its leaders tongue-lash the world, dictating standards of behavior that the nation itself does not uphold.
Recent victims include China, Russia, and of course, Israel. And knowing that it is disliked and distrusted, America’s National Security Administration has broken its own Constitution to unlawfully spy on its citizens as well as supposed allies. The disclosures by WikiLeaks further demonstrate that the nation’s diplomats are morally bankrupt, habitually putting Americans in league with the least reputable people and institutions on Earth. And never in the history of man has a nation’s military been so consistently counterproductive, endangering lives rather 528than protecting them by making one bad situation after another much worse.
And yet, nothing any nation has ever done has been as “mowrat – irresponsible, indeed ignorant, irrational, and immoral,” as the ill-advised invasion of Iraq which set everything Yahowah has described in this prophecy into motion – including the dismemberment of Israel. Even if that consequence was unintended, there is no excuse because this outcome was easily foreseeable. So much so, I spoke and wrote vociferously about it beginning in the Fall of 2001 and have been forthright and consistent ever since.
As for mowrat’s more benign attributes, they are also applicable. More than most, Americans are clean-shaven. In fact, the current craze is to remove all body hair. And when it comes to personal hygiene and health care, Americans spend over $800 / month on average, leading the world in this category.
With almost every word thus far we are discovering that this nation has the ability to project its power and influence worldwide. And today, there is only one nation with the ability to do so militarily, economically, and politically – the world’s lone superpower.
“These people (‘el ‘am – this nation and its army, this citizenry based upon familial, religious, or political ties) are frightening and feared, even dreadful while at the same time respected for their awesome power (yare’ – cause great distress through intimidation and awful acts, but also are venerated and revered by some for their achievements, capabilities, and status, especially the awesome sight of their missiles shooting through the air) from here to there and beyond in a future time (min huw’ wa hala’ah – from a considerable distance away and out of a future period, she, this emphatically one individual 529entity, is from a place and time considerably outside the current reference of the writer)….” (18:2 in part)
Yare’, which can be translated as “revere” or “fear,” can speak of “earning respect” or “terrorizing intimidation.” So, it too is an apt depiction of the United States circa 2023 as the nation supports and threatens Israel in the wake of the October 7th massacre. There are those who admire America’s early economic achievements and current military capabilities. But others dread the nation’s intimidating and frightening displays of shock and awe.
It is surprising, given the rhetoric, that the United States sacrificed the lives of its sons and daughters to defend Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from neighboring Iraq but has never fired a shot to defend Israel from the millions of Muslims who want to annihilate the nation. It did not happen in 1948, 1967, 1973, or now in 2023.
Let there be no mistake. Yahowah wasn’t describing the aspiring and declining superpowers extant during this time: Egypt, Assyria, or Babylonia. He isn’t depicting those in the prophet’s future and our past: Persia, Greece, or Rome. This is not about the Mongols, Byzantines, or Ottomans. There was no nation of Syria to destroy during their time. And Yisra’el would not be whole again until long after they were gone. God is, therefore, speaking of a day “hala’ah – in the distant future” – our time.
My perspective has been shaped over the years by Yahowah’s teaching, so I’m not among those who are impressed with wealth or military prowess. I neither respect it nor fear it. But it is safe to say that the vast preponderance of people would view America’s economic, political, and military capability as either “frightening and dreadful” or “respect it as awesome.” And there isn’t currently another nation evoking such passions on either end of the scale, much less both.
530In today’s world, the only way to effectively project a force and meddle in other nations is via an aircraft carrier battle group. The closest thing Russia has to offer still burns diesel fuel and is rotting away in drydock. The Chinese have one operational and another two still under construction, although the first is a story in itself. The hull was laid in Russia and then sold because the Russians couldn’t afford to finish it. The British are trying to maintain two of them, but mostly for their ancient and essentially useless Harrier jump jets. And that means that there is no other nation matching the criterion just delineated apart from the United States. In reality, it is 13 enormous Strike Groups to 0.
The phrase min huw’ wa hala’ah is especially telling because it reveals a great deal more about the people, place, and time associated with this nation. Its warships have “min – come out of a place” which is “hala’ah – a great distance away, beyond the scope of the writer to fully understand.” “Huw’ – she, this one individual entity,” “hala’ah – is from a distinctly different time pertaining to a distant future period.” This, therefore, cannot be the neighboring or ancient menaces: not Babylon, Assyria, nor Egypt, not Greece, Rome, nor Persia. These are not the Byzantines or the Ottomans. This time was not then, it is now. This place was not there, it is here.
“This population which is comprised of many different races (gowy – the Gentile nation) routinely spews out nonsense in a strange foreign language, talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric, acting like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed (qaw – foolishly judges others in senseless speeches which parrot the same meaningless phrases, vomiting up their blathering blah blah blah and thus must be disparaged and derided).
531They are always trying to expand and impose their influence, even their faith, establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand, eagerly throwing others out of their land (qow – hoping to bind others together in a common cause as true believers and rule over them, building coalitions they control, dictating the one and only standard they deem acceptable, with the wicked steadfastly attempting to destroy the lives of the righteous, spewing out the inhabitants of the land; from qawah – readily binding nations together into coalitions with eager expectations)….” (18:2 in part)
While most countries are formed on the basis of a single ethnicity, there are a few places accurately described as “gowy – a nation of people from different races and places.” But one particular country is regarded as a melting pot, an asylum for the masses, and home to more “ethnicities and cultures” than any other. America is a compilation of nations, an identity that serves as the country’s trademark. In its listing of accomplished Americans by ethnic or national origin, Wikipedia presents people from 175 distinct places and cultures.
But gowy is just one of many descriptive terms Yahowah deployed to warn those living during the Syrian War, during the time Israel will be reduced in size, and during the time when a tidal wave of Islamic terrorists will flood into the Promised Land. The one and only nation described by these events and depicted in these words is above all others of particular concern to God. In this time in history, in this flow of events, from this perspective, there is but one qualifying candidate – something affirmed by the fact that gowy is singular, not plural.
Reminding us now a second time that He is addressing a “single nation comprised of people from different ethnicities and cultures,” gowy was repeated before qaw was deployed to address America’s “strange, amalgamated language and nonsensical rhetoric.” The sheer volume of 532veritable vomit spewed out of the mouths of American politicians, pastors, generals, journalists, professors, bloggers, talk radio hosts, and economists boggles the mind. Collectively, they have made a mockery of the truth, especially when they attempt to justify America’s penchant for marching off to war.
Yasha’yah would have been attuned to Aramaic, the language of Babylon. It was surprisingly similar to Hebrew, as were the Mow’abite and Phoenician dialects. But English would have been exceedingly strange. And so would have been the televised speeches of the nation’s leaders, whether political or religious. But mostly, it would have been the American sense of manifest destiny, of imposing its will on its neighbors, which would have struck a nauseating chord with the prophet.
Yisra’el was seldom, if ever, imperialistic or sought to throw others out of their land, much less seek to expand its borders. Yisra’el would on occasion pay tribute to avoid destruction but never built coalitions or controlled international affairs as is done by the United States. Most of all, Yasha’yah would have been appalled by America’s propensity to steal the land belonging to others, as it did with the native populations, with Spain and Mexico.
While United States presidents have stood on more than their share of soapboxes and asserted themselves, Barack Hussein Obama may be the most imposing and verbose of all time. It is as if he believes he’s the conductor and the world is his orchestra. Play and sing along, acquiesce to his terms, fall in line and capitulate, or else. Such was the case with his condescending attitude toward Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel, the issue of greatest concern to Yahowah because he is threatening to throw Jews out of their homes.
But do not dismiss the devastating consequence of his speech to Muslims from the birthplace of the Muslim 533Brotherhood, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. His “A New Beginning” proclamation inspired an Islamic reformation, thereby lighting the fuse for the next world war.
And if that were not bad enough, Donald Trump is the ultimate expression of what God hates about America: a narcissist. So enamored was he of the grandiose way he was treated in Saudi Arabia, even when it was proven that the nation’s Crown Prince orchestrated the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist, he wouldn’t condemn the act because he didn’t want to forestall the sale he had made of weapons totaling a staggering one hundred billion dollars.
America was built “mebusah – aggressively subduing and trampling down” the native populations from sea to shining sea and beyond. The nation was born ugly, merciless, ruthless, and violent. From the time the first European profiteer invaded the continent, just four hundred years ago, the colonists and the country’s citizens, thereafter, have waged 101 wars – one every four years. And the one that is most likely to go nuclear is the proxy war America fought so hard to initiate in Ukraine.
“It aggressively conquers and subdues, trampling people down and kicking them out (wa mebusah – it is antagonistic and destructive, treads others underfoot while imposing its will, often partnering with enemies, subjugating those it can control, causing their downfall, it is polluted and rejected, blind and loathsome, seen as educating the world while stripping it bare; from buws – desecrating most everything of value in the manner of blind and oblivious children imposing their will, ruining lives while destroying countries).
This (‘asher – to reveal the way and provide a reference which leads to where to find the) country (‘erets – this land and territory), it is divided (baza’ – cut through) 534by rivers (naharym – streams of flowing water, indicative of a large population of people who travel extensively).” (Yasha’yah / Freedom is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:2 in part)
While “‘asher ‘erets baza’ naharym – this country, it is divided by rivers” is likely the intended meaning, and it would point today’s readers right back to the United States which is dissected by more large tributaries than any other nation, there is an alternative rendering which is worth considering. “‘Asher ‘erets baza’ naharym – to reveal the way and provide a reference which leads to where to find this country, it is seen as contemptible and despised for having traveled extensively.” No country’s citizens on Earth travel as broadly as do Americans.
In this one prophetic statement, Yasha’yah 18:2, we have been afforded 50 additional insights into the country comprised of 50 states which is in the crosshairs of this howy / woe. They include: From ha shalach – 1) it dispatches weapons of war, sending out battle groups with an arsenal of implements equipped with missiles for fighting to other places for the purpose of extending its influence, 2) by way of the sea, 3) in the manner of the Gentile nations.
From tsyr – 4) the nation dispatches envoys, authorized agents of the government sent off as part of a delegation with the authority to convey an official message, 5) including sanctioned representatives of false gods to deliver an anguishing religious message, 6) under the guise of protection which causes great distress and anxiety because world events will pivot upon the provisions upon which the delegation will insist, 7) because it represents the pivot point or fulcrum upon which events change from bad to worse, ushering in birth pangs.
From ba kaly gama’ – 8) in swift floating vessels which are implements of violence and war, quickly 535swallowing up great distances, 9) so as to control others, even if it results in collateral damage, thereby destroying and annihilating that which gets in their way, 10) within which absolute authority is imposed such that those inside are essentially captives, imprisoned to fulfill the mission.
From ‘al paneh maym – 11) over the surface of the waters and because of the appearance and presence of the floodwaters. From mal’ak – 12) the representatives who announce their position are empowered to project the influence and authority of those who sent them. From halak – 13) they are escorted and transported from a nation with freedom of choice and yet under orders to do as they have been told.
From qal – 14) traveling swiftly, indulgently, and inappropriately, 15) while trivializing the complexity of the situation and disregarding the consequences, 16) insufficiently concerned about and mostly indifferent to those whose situation they are quick to slight, 17) they are impulsive and imprudent, cursing the lives of those they are intending to meddle in, 18) demonstrating a propensity to hurriedly underestimate the intricacies of existing relationships and thereby rapidly make bad situations worse as they move from one place to another in a short period of time without any regard for their victims, the consequences of their demands, or the end result of their missions, because 19) this nation sends its fleet across the sea, dispatching them hurriedly in response to their own perceptions before thinking the situation through, causing the situation to rapidly deteriorate, apathetic to the countries they invade, the lives they snuff out, or the disaster they leave behind.
And it is therefore 20) depicting the impetus for the invasion of Yisra’el by Islamic terrorists, because impulsively, irrationally, and without concern for the people or nation (America invaded Afghanistan after 9-11, even though not a single Afghani participated in the 536terrorist attack, and immediately thereafter, invaded Iraq), making a bad situation far worse, when none of its hasty justifications were valid, leading not only to the destruction of both countries and the loss of over a million lives, but directly to the Syrian War – one that will end as foretold.
From ‘el gowy – 21) this is on behalf of a nation of people from different races and places, a Gentile nation of uncultured and heathen multiculturalists whose country’s people are a confluence of ethnicities many of whom have placed their faith in pagan religious beliefs.
From mashak – 22) who are wont to constantly take the lead, directing others, extending their reach and influence, 23) who have a prolonged desire to take things away, 24) who are actively involved, out in front, enticing and directing others at considerable cost, 25) who have a propensity to engage in the world as if it were their own, habitually seizing whatever they desire, 26) who control coinage and the world’s economy, thus the means to commerce and trade, acquiring and holding vast sums of money, 27) continually removing people from their land, initiating and directing the seizure, acquiring great wealth in the process, and 28) prone to believe in an altered state of reality while overextending and enriching themselves, 29) who are tall, 30) immodest, and 31) intoxicated.
From wa mowrat – 32) they are scrubbed clean, well scoured and overly concerned about personal hygiene, 33) their bodies smooth-skinned and shaven, so hairless they appear polished, and most are typically beardless and many have shaved heads (as contrasted with Yisra’elites who are hairy and often bearded), and 34) yet are typically reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming, 35) they rush headlong and are headstrong, precipitating in perverse actions as a fierce and vehement people who are fond of their military’s burnished weapons.
537From ‘el ‘am yare’ – 36) these people and this nation along with its army, this citizenry based upon familial, religious, or political ties are frightening and feared as dreadful while at the same time respected for their awesome power, they cause great distress through intimidation but are also venerated and revered by some for their achievements, capabilities, and status, 37) especially the awesome sight of their missiles shooting through the air.
From the phrase min huw’ wa hala’ah – 38) from here to there and beyond in a future time, from a considerable distance away and out of a future period, emphatically describing one individual entity from a place and time considerably outside the current reference of the writer.
And then from gowy qaw – 39) this population which is comprised of many different races routinely spews out nonsense in a strange foreign language, 40) talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric, 41) acting like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed because they foolishly judge others in senseless speeches which parrot the same meaningless phrases, vomiting up their blathering blah blah blah.
Such that, qow – 42) they are always trying to expand and impose their influence, even their faith, 43) establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand, 44) while eagerly throwing others out of their land, 45) hoping to bind others together in a common cause as true believers only to rule over them, building coalitions that they control, dictating the one and only standard they deem acceptable, 46) all while spewing out the inhabitants of the land.
And then from mebusah – 47) we discover that this nation aggressively conquers and subdues, trampling people down and kicking them out, it is antagonistic and 538destructive, treading others underfoot while imposing its will, often partnering with enemies, subjugating those it can control, causing their downfall, 48) it is polluted and rejected, blind and loathsome, seen as educating the world while stripping it bare.
And finally from ‘asher‘erets baza’ naharym – 49) to reveal the way and provide a reference which leads to where to find this country, its land is divided by rivers, and 50) it is seen as contemptible and despised for having traveled en masse.
These fifty descriptive pictures of a nation comprised of fifty states must then be combined with the twenty-two depictions that preceded them, resulting in seventy-two illustrious portrayals of America circa 2019 - 2023 CE when this was written and these comparisons were considered. No other nation even warrants consideration. While the Roman Catholic Church is religious Babylon, the United States is political Babel.
We know from these words that this nation is on the far side of the world when viewed from Yaruwshalaim. It projects its influence using its fleet, so it should be noted that the United States has the largest navy in the history of the world. The nation deploys twelve massive aircraft carrier battle groups to swiftly project its power far and wide – more than the rest of the world combined. Two more are under construction.
We should not be surprised by the reference to rapid gunboat diplomacy. No nation has ever deployed a more capable or more fearsome arsenal of oceanic and airborne weapons than America. It is perhaps why the nation is both feared and revered, sometimes respected but often seen as intimidating.
A few years ago, WikiLeaks made thousands of cables between American ambassadors and the U.S. State Department available, revealing the “qol – arrogant and 539amoral” nature of the country’s envoys. These disclosed, once secret, documents revealed that the United States remains oblivious when it comes to the consequences of its actions. For example, very few Americans acknowledge that the country’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were based upon a web of lies and that both military incursions were completely counterproductive, making bad situations much worse.
And yet, this reality is why so many returning American troops are committing suicide. States representing forty percent of the U.S. population, documenting less than seventy percent of the military suicides in those states, report twenty-two per day, revealing that the actual number must be over eighty suicides daily. When this is extrapolated over the fifteen years since Americans began returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, it equates to an astonishing 300,000 American troops taking their own lives as a consequence of these foolish, immoral, deadly, and destructive invasions.
The world is filled with “gowym – Gentiles,” but one nation, and only one, is known expressly for racial diversity: America – the “melting pot.” It has grown by beckoning people from around the world. And in this prophecy, “gowy – a nation of many races” is singular, therefore warning one solitary country.
While many nations have a history of drug and alcohol abuse, the “War on Drugs” has become synonymous with the United States. Its citizens remain the leading consumer of mind-altering narcotics, prescribed, recreational, and deadly drugs. The U.S. prison population is the largest in the world in aggregate and per capita, with most inmates being incarcerated for drug-related crimes.
Americans are the leading consumers of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. According to the World Health Organization, overall drug use in the United States is the 540highest in the world. Recently, the U.S. D.E.A. announced that prescription drug abuse had become the nation’s biggest and fastest-growing problem.
It is interesting to note that while Americans are the most intoxicated people on Earth, due to the prevalence and quality of treatment facilities, the nation ranks 29th worst out of 192 nations on overall deaths from illicit drug use. Should you be interested, the leaders in this awful fate include a number of Islamic nations, where life isn’t worth living, among several of the most devotedly Christian nations on Earth: Afghanistan, Yemen, Guatemala, Laos, Cambodia, Morocco, Libya, Georgia, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Egypt, Serbia, Myanmar, Iran, Sudan, Austria, Syria, Ukraine, Bangladesh, UK, Nigeria, Russia, Bosnia, Ireland, and then the U.S.
Since it was mentioned, relative to height, nations that border the North and Baltic Seas are home to the tallest people on average. But after the frosty Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, and Germany, with these hearty Baltic peoples averaging six feet, the United States boasts the world’s tallest temperate zone population at nearly five foot eleven inches – over an inch taller than the average Israeli.
While I could not find a ranking for personal hygiene, I found ample evidence that Americans not only spend more money per capita on cleaning and cosmetic products, but there is also a growing emphasis on being clean-shaven, to the point of spending time and money to remove body hair most anywhere. A growing number of men have shaved chests and heads. So, considering the propensity of Israel’s principal foes, Arab Muslims, to be relatively short in stature, overly hairy, typically bearded, and inadequately bathed, Yasha’yah’s descriptive terminology seems fitting for this new and different foe.
541Having traveled throughout the world in nearly 150 countries, I’ve gained a perspective on how others view the United States. The first word that comes to mind is “arrogant.” The second is “obnoxious.” The third is “clueless.” For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin took U.S. President Barack Obama to task in an open letter published in the New York Times for promoting the egotistical notion of American exceptionalism – the idea that Americans were and remain superior to all other nations.
Yes, there was once a time when the United States was the world’s bank, the most prosperous nation on Earth, but now having overextended itself, it is bankrupt, having squandered its children’s future with its national and state debt soaring from over $20 trillion when this was first written to $50 trillion during this edit (170% of annual GDP). And while Americans are told that the nation is a force for good, the country’s spy network, military, and diplomats have destroyed almost everything they have touched.
Americans think of themselves as the most generous nation, but historically, that isn’t true. The first colonialists took America from the native peoples, brutalizing them in the process. Then when Indian resistance to Manifest Destiny was finally broken, America stole Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California from Mexico by waging war against them. The Republic of the Philippines was obtained the same way, this time in a war against the Spanish. And now, the United States wants to take God’s Land away from His people.
America’s military is the most massive in human history. It is larger than every other military on Earth combined. The nation has wasted thirty trillion dollars on its war machine over the past fifty years, leaving Americans less free and more vulnerable in the process. And after fighting 101 wars since Europeans first arrived 542in the New World, one war every four years, the warmongering nation wants to take on God, forcing His Chosen People out of their homes. But Yahowah is not amused which is why America has been warned.
Historically and prophetically, Yahowah only comments on nations that interact with Israel, especially those that aid and abet the nation’s demise. It all goes back to the promise Yahowah made to ‘Abraham, whereby those who support Yisra’el and the Covenant would be blessed while those in opposition would be cursed. From God’s perspective, the United States of America has become His people’s most destructive adversary.
Fom this viewpoint, do not lose sight of the fact that in addition to the U.S. instigating the wars that are currently engulfing the Islamic world, especially the proxy war in Syria, it has been and will continue to be the nation most responsible for thinning Israel at the waist. Further, the vast preponderance of the weapons that will be wielded at the Yisra’elites by the flood of Muslim terrorists and Islamic armies after the Syrian War will have been furnished by America.
It is an unpopular truth, but the fact remains that almost everything the United States has done over the past fifty years militarily, politically, and economically has been ill-conceived and counterproductive – all leading up to the two biggest blunders in the nation’s history: the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq which led to the Syrian War. The U.S. military once again trampled people underfoot in an ill-fated attempt to impose the nation’s will.
And while these suicidal misappropriations of force made the U.S. more vulnerable, the realization that it will lead to America sacrificing Yisra’el to Muslims, throwing the rightful inhabitants out of their land, is what is engendering Yahowah’s anger. And it will turn out to be irrevocable – instigating World War III. This politically, 543economically, and militarily inspired capitulation to evil will be fatal.
Instrumental to this mistake in judgment is the nation’s nonsensical rhetoric. The public discourse has become a stream of amoral misconceptions, unfounded opinions, and outright lies. The media is more prone to error than truth and if it weren’t for lies, politicians would be mute. Teachers indoctrinate and generals propagandize. Clerics have become the worst of a bad lot, trading false hope for donations.
The final depiction, that of a land divided by rivers, also fits the United States. If it were “river” singular, the U.S. would have competition from Africa and South America with the Nile and Amazon, but not when the term is plural. Nothing distinguishes North America geographically from other continents more than its many voluminous and long rivers that divide the land. They include the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, Columbia, Rio Grande, Tennessee, Brazos, Yellowstone, St. Lawrence, Hudson, James, Shenandoah, Potomac, Rappahannock, Susquehanna, Snake, Kern, and Yukon to name a few.
In summary, we know that the United States is a “melting pot” of peoples and thus is quintessentially Gentile. More than any other country, it likes to meddle in other people’s affairs. Americans think it is their obligation to the world and to their god to set the rules, which is why its military is used to impose democracy on others.
Americans talk a lot, all too often projecting an altered state of reality, which is why political and religious talk radio along with blogs are so influential in the culture. And patriotically, the U.S. marches off to wars – 101 of them – typically leaving the places the military has tread underfoot worse than they were before.
544Before we press on, let’s consider where we have been. The 18th chapter of Yasha’yah commences with this profoundly important prophecy…
“Woe, expressing dissatisfaction and a warning of impending doom to the land of whirling and hovering wings, of loud percussive flying weapons with vibrating and noisy metal components swirling around which devour and destroy, and of the rhythmic clangor of armaments which fly in and attack, coming from well beyond where the land ends, from a distant place at the far ends of the earth, often stealthy, which relationally speaking is from the region situated across and on the opposite side of the world.
It is an arrogant and haughty place prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias, a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others.
It is located in the direction of the rivers of Kuwsh and thus in association with Babylon. (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:1)
It dispatches weapons of war, sending out battle groups with an arsenal of missiles for the purpose of extending its influence by way of the sea and in the manner of Gentile nations, along with envoys, including authorized representatives of false gods.
It is prone to deliver an anguishing religious message under the guise of protection which causes great distress because world events will pivot in a detrimental and painful manner based upon the provisions which the delegation will insist, starting the birth pangs.
And so, in swift floating vessels, quickly swallowing up great distances, among warships equipped to rapidly accomplish their undertaking, which is to control 545others even if collateral damage is a consequence, within ships where absolute authority is imposed such that those inside are essentially captives, imprisoned to fulfill the mission over the surface of the waters because of the presence of the floodwaters.
The messengers who are empowered to project influence and authority travel swiftly, indulgently, and inappropriately trivializing the complexity of the situation while disregarding the consequences, unfairly indifferent to those whose situation they are quick to slight, impulsive and imprudent, cursing the lives of those they are intending to meddle in, demonstrating a propensity to hurriedly underestimate the intricacies of existing relationships and thereby rapidly making bad situations worse as they move from one place to another in a short period of time without sufficient regard for their victims or the end result of their missions.
This on behalf of a nation of people from different races and places who are wont to constantly take the lead, directing others, extending their reach and influence, who are actively involved, out in front, enticing and directing others at considerable cost, who have a propensity to engage in the world as if it were their own, habitually seizing whatever they desire.
This nation seeks to control coinage and thus the means to commerce and trade, acquiring and holding vast sums of money, continually removing people from their land and acquiring great wealth in the process.
They are prone to believe in an altered state of reality while overextending and enriching themselves. They are also typically tall, immodest, and frequently intoxicated.
They are scrubbed clean, smooth-skinned and shaven, and yet reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming, overly concerned about personal hygiene, 546their bodies are so hairless they appear polished, most are beardless, and many have shaved heads as they rush headlong and headstrong, precipitating in perverse actions.
They are a fierce and vehement people who are fond of their military’s burnished weapons.
These people are frightening and feared, even dreadful, while at the same time respected for their awesome power, causing great distress through intimidation and via shock and awe.
But they are also venerated and revered by some for their achievements, capabilities, and status, especially the awesome sight of their missiles shooting through the air, from here to there and beyond in a future time.
This population, which is comprised of many different races, routinely spews out nonsense in a foreign language, talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric.
They act like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed.
They routinely parrot the same meaningless phrases, vomiting up their blathering blah blah blah. And thus, they must be disparaged and derided.
They are always trying to expand and impose their nation’s influence, even its faith, establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand.
And yet, they imprudently throw others out of their land. It aggressively conquers and subdues, trampling people down by kicking them out.
It is antagonistic and destructive, treading others underfoot while imposing its will, often partnering with 547enemies. It will subjugate those it can control, causing their downfall.
It is polluted and rejected, blind and loathsome, seen as educating the world while stripping it bare.
This is a desecrated place of blind and oblivious children imposing their will, ruining lives while destroying countries.
To reveal the way and provide a reference which leads to where to find the country, it is divided by rivers, which is also indicative of a large population of people who travel extensively.” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:2)
Goodbye America, the Not So Great After All.
