Isaiah 17:12

Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall you⌃ be confounded; and the + 17:12 Gr. back; Complut. reads ἠχος, ‘noise’ force of many nations shall sound like water;

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

11In the day wherein you shall plant you shall be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein you shall obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, you shall obtain an inheritance for your sons.

13many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:4+ 18:4 Rom 10:18 Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. 1

Psalms 46:1Clap your hands, all you⌃ nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. 1

Psalms 93:3How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? 1

Isaiah 5:30And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, there shall be thick darkness in their perplexity.

Isaiah 9:5For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and all raiment with + 9:5 Gr. reconciliation, or, exchange restitution; and they shall be willing, even if they were burnt with fire.

Jeremiah 6:23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; the people is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against you as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Sion.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:10-12

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the… Read the whole commentary →

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