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Isaiah 17

Isa. 17:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The nations
lom (Hebrew #3816)
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community
KJV usage: nation, people.
Pronounce: leh-ome'
Origin: or l owm {leh-ome'}
shall rush
sha'ah (Hebrew #7582)
to rush; by implication, to desolate
KJV usage: be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
like the rushing
sha'own (Hebrew #7588)
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
KJV usage: X horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult (X -uous).
Pronounce: shaw-one'
Origin: from 7582
of many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
: butt God shall rebuke
ga`ar (Hebrew #1605)
to chide
KJV usage: corrupt, rebuke, reprove.
Pronounce: gaw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and they shall flee
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
far off
merchaq (Hebrew #4801)
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
KJV usage: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also 1023.
Pronounce: mer-khawk'
Origin: : from 7368
, and shall be chased
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
as the chaff
mots (Hebrew #4671)
from 4160; chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
KJV usage: chaff.
Pronounce: motes
Origin: or mowts (Zephaniah 2:2) {motes}
of the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the wind
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
, and like δa rolling thing
galgal (Hebrew #1534)
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
KJV usage: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
Pronounce: gal-gal'
Origin: by reduplication from 1556
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the whirlwind
cuwphah (Hebrew #5492)
a hurricane
KJV usage: Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
Pronounce: soo-faw'
Origin: from 5486
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Psa. 9:5• 5Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles,{HR}Thou hast destroyed the wicked,{HR}Their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever. (Psa. 9:5)
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or, thistledown.

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God,
Mountain Mount,
Whirlwind,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 10:15‑16,33‑34• 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.
 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
 33Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty [shall be] humbled.
 34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. (Isa. 10:15‑16,33‑34)
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Isa. 14:25• 25to break the Assyrian in my land; and on my mountains I will trample him; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden from off their shoulders: (Isa. 14:25)
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Isa. 25:4‑5• 4For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones [was] as a storm [against] a wall.
 5Thou hast subdued the tumult of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; [as] the heat by the shadow of a cloud, [so] the song of the terrible ones is brought low. (Isa. 25:4‑5)
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Isa. 27:1• 1In that day Jehovah with his sore and great and strong sword will visit leviathan, the piercing serpent, and leviathan, the crooked serpent; and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)
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Isa. 30:30‑33• 30And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with indignation of anger, and a flame of devouring fire, [with] a crashing and tempest and hailstones.
 31For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken in pieces; he will smite with a rod.
 32And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of shaking will he fight with them.
 33For Topheth [is] prepared of old; for the king also it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. (Isa. 30:30‑33)
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Isa. 31:8‑9• 8And the Assyrian shall fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary.
 9And his rock shall pass away by reason of fear, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire [is] in Zion and his furnace in Jerusalem. (Isa. 31:8‑9)
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Isa. 33:1‑3,9‑12• 1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
 2Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
 3At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
 9The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.
 10Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
 11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath [as] fire shall devour you,
 12and the peoples shall be [as] the burnings of lime; [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. (Isa. 33:1‑3,9‑12)
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Isa. 37:29‑38• 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
 30And this [shall be] the sign unto thee; ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
 31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
 32For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall perform this.
 33Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.
 34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
 35For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
 37And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:29‑38)
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Psa. 9:5• 5Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles,{HR}Thou hast destroyed the wicked,{HR}Their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever. (Psa. 9:5)
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Psa. 46:5‑11• 5God [is] in her midst: she shall not be moved;{HR}God shall help her at the appearing of morning.
 6Nations raged, kingdoms were moved:{HR}He uttered his voice; the earth melteth.
 7Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] a refuge to us. Selah.
 8Come, behold the works of Jehovah,{HR}Who hath set desolations in the earth,
 9Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth;{HR}He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear;{HR}He burneth the chariots in the fire.
 10Leave off, and know that I [am] God:{HR}I will be exalted among the nations;{HR}I will be exalted in the earth.
 11Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 46:5‑11)
rebuke.
Job 38:11• 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves? (Job 38:11)
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Mark 4:39‑41• 39{i}And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm.{/i}
 40{i}And he said to them, Why are ye [thus] fearful? how [is it] ye have not faith?{/i}
 41{i}And they feared [with] great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?{/i} (Mark 4:39‑41)
shall be.
Isa. 29:5• 5And the multitude of thine enemies shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: and it shall be at an instant, suddenly. (Isa. 29:5)
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Isa. 41:15‑16• 15Behold, I have made thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:15‑16)
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Job 21:18• 18They are as straw before wind,{HR}And as chaff a whirlwind stealeth. (Job 21:18)
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Psa. 1:4• 4The wicked [are] not so,{HR}But [are] like the chaff which the wind scattereth. (Psa. 1:4)
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Psa. 35:5• 5They shall be as chaff before the wind,{HR}And the angel of Jehovah overthrowing [them]. (Psa. 35:5)
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Psa. 83:13‑15• 13O my God, make them as the whirling thing,{HR}As stubble before the wind.
 14As fire will burn a forest,{HR}And as a flame will set mountains on fire,
 15So pursue them with thy tempest{HR}And with thy whirlwind trouble them. (Psa. 83:13‑15)
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Dan. 2:35• 35{i}Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.{/i} (Dan. 2:35)
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Hos. 13:3• 3{i}Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.{/i} (Hos. 13:3)
a rolling thing.
or, thistle-down.
• Jerusalem and the Jews will indeed be heavily chastised, but the proud nations themselves will meet ultimately the fury of God and be scattered before Him, like chaff or thistle down is blown away by a whirlwind. (“Isaiah 17” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The nationse rush as the rushing of many waters; but hef will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling of dust before the whirlwind:

JND Translation Notes

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Leummim, races of mankind. see Ps. 2.1.
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i.e. God.

W. Kelly Translation

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The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like whirling [dust] before the storm.