Isaiah 17:12

Woe! The uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas, 1 and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 1

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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

11on the day you plant and hedge and cultivate. Soon your seed will grow, 1 but the harvest will fail on a day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 1

13The nations will roar like the rushing of many waters, 1 but he will rebuke them and they will flee far away, 1 they will be chased before the wind like chaff on the mountains, 1 and like weeds whirling before a storm. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me. 1

Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, 1 a very present help in trouble. 1

Psalms 93:3The oceans rise, Yahweh; 1 they have lifted up their voice; 1 the oceans' waves crash and roar. 1

Isaiah 5:30On that day they will roar against the prey as the sea roars. 1 If anyone looks over the land, he will see darkness and suffering; even the light will be made dark by the clouds.

Isaiah 9:5For every boot treading in the tumult 1 and the garments rolled in blood 1 will be burned, fuel for the fire. 1

Jeremiah 6:23They will pick up bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion. 1 Their sound is like the sea roar, 1 and they are riding on horses, 1 set out in order as men for battle, against you, 1 daughter of Zion.'” 1

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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