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Isaiah 29:5

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

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ASV

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

KJV

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֛הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כְּאָבָ֥קke.'a.Vaklike dustH80 →
דַּ֖קdakfineH1851 →
הֲמ֣וֹןha.Mon[the] multitude ofH1995 →
זָרָ֑יִךְza.Ra.yikhstrangers yourH2114 →
וּכְמֹ֤ץu.khe.Motzand like chaffH4671 →
עֹבֵר֙'o.Ver[which] passes awayH5674 →
הֲמ֣וֹןha.Mon[the] multitude ofH1995 →
עָֽרִיצִ֔ים'a.ri.Tzimruthless [people]H6184 →
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it will happenH1961 →
לְפֶ֥תַעle.Fe.ta'to suddennessH6621 →
פִּתְאֹֽם׃pit.'OmsuddenlyH6597 →

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1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.Isaiah 17:13–14The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.Isaiah 40:15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?Psalms 76:5–6The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.Isaiah 25:5like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.Isaiah 31:8“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.Psalms 46:5–6God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.Isaiah 10:16–19Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

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