Isaiah 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 17:12

Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

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ASV

Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

KJV

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!

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Woe to the multitude of many people,..... Not as lamenting the people of the Jews with Hezekiah, as if they were the words of the prophet bemoaning their condition, saying, "O the multitude", &c. nor intending the Syrians and Israelites joined together against Judah; but the Assyrian army under Sennacherib, which consisted of people of many nations, and was very numerous, who are either threatened or called unto.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Woe - This is a new prophecy, added for the comfort of God's people. Many - Combined together against Judah. Seas - Who invade my land and people with great force, as the sea does when it enters into the land by a breach.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wo to the multitude - The three last verses of this chapter seem to have no relation to the foregoing prophecy, to which they are joined. It is a beautiful piece, standing singly and by itself; for neither has it any connection with what follows: whether it stands in its right place, or not, I cannot say. It is a noble description of the formidable invasion and the sudden overthrow of Sennacherib; which is intimated in the strongest terms and the most expressive images, exactly suitable to the event.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֗וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
הֲמוֹן֙	ha.mOn	[the] tumult of	H1995 →
עַמִּ֣ים	'a.Mim	peoples	H5971 →
רַבִּ֔ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
כַּהֲמ֥וֹת	ka.ha.Mot	as roar	H1993 →
יַמִּ֖ים	ya.Mim	[the] seas	H3220 →
יֶהֱמָי֑וּן	ye.he.ma.Yun	they roar !	H1993 →
וּשְׁא֣וֹן	u.she.'on	and [the] uproar of	H7588 →
לְאֻמִּ֔ים	le.'u.Mim	nations	H3816 →
כִּשְׁא֛וֹן	kish.'on	like [the] uproar of	H7588 →
מַ֥יִם	Ma.yim	waters	H4325 →
כַּבִּירִ֖ים	ka.bi.Rim	mighty	H3524 →
יִשָּׁאֽוּן׃	yi.sha.'Un	they are in an uproar !	H7582 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
leads to
- Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Joel 2:30–31
  I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Revelation 6:12–14
  And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- Isaiah 24:23
  The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- Ezekiel 32:7–8
  When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Through
Revelation 17:1
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:13
  You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 19:2
  For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Revelation 17:1–17
  Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Isaiah