Isaiah 17:13

Isaiah 17:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Context of Isaiah 17:13

11On the day that you plant, you will help them to grow, and in the morning you will help your seed to sprout, but the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain. 12Ah! The roar of many peoples — they roar like the roaring of the seas. The raging of the nations — they rage like the rumble of rushing water. The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills and like tumbleweeds before a gale. 14In the evening — sudden terror! Before morning — it is gone! This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who ravage us.

Isaiah 17:13 word by word

לְאֻמִּ֗ים כִּשְׁא֞וֹן מַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ יִשָּׁא֔וּן וְגָ֥עַר בּ֖וֹ וְנָ֣ס מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְרֻדַּ֗ף כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ לִפְנֵי־ר֔וּחַ וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The nationsלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
• shall rushשָׁאָהshâ'âh · to crashH7582
• like the rushingשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall rebukeגָּעַרgâ‛ar · to rebukeH1605
• them, and they shall fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• far offמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
• and shall be chasedרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• as the chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671
• of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• and like a rolling thingגַּלְגַּלgalgal · wheelH1534
• the whirlwindסוּפָהsûphâh · whirlwindH5492

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:13

• Isaiah 10:15Does an ax exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!
• Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in my land; I will tread him down on my mountain. Then his yoke will be taken from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
• Isaiah 25:4For you have been a stronghold for the poor person, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a refuge from storms and a shade from heat. When the breath of the violent is like a storm against a wall,
• Isaiah 27:1On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent — Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
• Isaiah 30:30And the Lord will make the splendor of his voice heard and reveal his arm striking in angry wrath and a flame of consuming fire, in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.
• Isaiah 31:8Then Assyria will fall, but not by human sword; a sword will devour him, but not one made by man. He will flee from the sword; his young men will be put to forced labor.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
• Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and wilted. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
• Isaiah 37:29Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came.
• Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
• Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be toppled. God will help her when the morning dawns.
• Job 38:11when I declared, “You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here”?
• Mark 4:39He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
• Isaiah 29:5Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
• Isaiah 41:15See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize them and make hills into chaff.
• Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff a storm sweeps away?

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13God shall rebuke them - The word God‘ is not here in the original, but is evidently to be supplied. The word rebuke‘ means that he would disarrange their plans, prevent their success, and defeat their purposes. It shows the great power of God, that he can thus by a “rebuke” - a word - arrest mighty nations, and discomfit thom when they are tumultuously hastening onward in the confidence of victory. This discomfiture refers, doubtless, to the overthrow of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 The rage and force of the Assyrians resembled the mighty waters of the sea; but when the God of Israel should rebuke them, they would flee like chaff, or like a rolling thing, before the whirlwind. In the evening Jerusalem would be in trouble, because of the powerful invader, but before morning his army would be nearly cut off. Happy are those who remember God as their salvation, and rely on his power and grace. The trouble of the believers…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13He rebukes them: The Lord rules over the nations, just as he rules over the sea (Psalm 65:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. shall ... shall--rather, "God rebuketh (Psa 9:5) them, and they flee--are chased"; the event is set before the eyes as actually present, not future. chaff of ... mountains--Threshing floors in the East are in the open air on elevated places, so as to catch the wind which separates the chaff from the wheat (Psa 88:13; Ho 13:3). rolling thing--anything that rolls: stubble.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:13

• Chaff

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Rolling Thing
• Agriculture
• Chaff
• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Wheel
• Evil

Commentaries on Isaiah 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings