Isaiah 17:13
The nations will make a noise like the roaring of many waters; but He will rebuke it, and it shall flee afar off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and as thistle-down before the tempest.
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Job 21:18Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind; and may the angel of the Lord cast them forth.
Psalms 65:8(65:9) And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid of thy wondrous signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening thou causest to rejoice.
Psalms 83:14(83:15) As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, will lop off the fruitful bough with terrific might: and those of towering growth shall be hewn down, and the high shall be laid low.
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 →