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Isaiah 17:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 17:13

Verse 13 of 14

Scripture focus

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.

Isaiah 17:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 17:13

Theological / Devotional

God shall rebuke them. Although the Assyrian armies under Sennacherib threatened to completely inundate Judah, the Lord intervened (see ch. 37:36). Instead of overwhelming Israel, the enemy would himself be overwhelmed.

The chaff of the mountains. The symbols used here aptly express the utter weakness and insignificance of the Assyrian armies before the power of God. One moment they were sweeping onward like the rushing waters of a mighty sea, threatening to overwhelm the land of Judah; the next, they would be like chaff or thistledown driven before the wind.

A rolling thing. Literally, “wheel,” but here supposed to refer to the wheel-shaped dried calyx of the thistle Gundelia toumefortii.

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