Isaiah 17:13
Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away,—And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Job 21:18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Psalms 1:4Not so, the lawless,—but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:
Psalms 65:8Yea the dwellers in the uttermost parts have feared at thy tokens, The goings forth of morning and evening, thou causest to shout for joy.
Psalms 83:14As a fire burneth a forest,—And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
Isaiah 10:33Behold! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is about to lop off a tree-crown, with a crash,—Then shall, they who are lifted on high, be hewn down, And, the lofty, 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 →