Isaiah 17

NET

13 Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.


Darby

13 The nationsD4746 rush as theD4747 rushing of many waters; but he 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:


Darby Bible Notes

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


KJV

13 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 rollingK4678thing before the whirlwind.


KJV Bible Notes

rolling: Or, thistledown.