Isaiah 17:13

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

In Context

12Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

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Cross References

Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

Psalms 65:8Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

Psalms 83:14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:13-14

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.… Read the whole commentary →

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