Isaiah 17:12-14
“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!”
King James Version · the opening — all 3 verses are below
More of Isaiah 17 on this siteIsaiah 17:1 · Isaiah 17:2-11
The roaring nations compared to surging seas, suddenly rebuked by God and fleeing like chaff.
Read the whole passage — all 3 verses (KJV)
17:12Woe 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!
17:13The 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.
17:14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 10:12 🏛 Sennacherib's defeat 701 BC Revelation 17:15
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