Isaiah 17:13

New American Bible - revised edition

But God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, Driven like chaff on the mountains before a wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.

Cross References

Job 21:18

Let them be like straw before the wind, like chaff the storm carries away!

Job 38:11

And said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves stop?

Psalm 1:4

But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

Psalm 35:5

Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.

Psalm 65:7

You are robed in power, you set up the mountains by your might.

Psalm 65:8

You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.

Psalm 9:5

For you upheld my right and my cause, seated on your throne, judging justly.

Isaiah 14:25

To break the Assyrian in my land and trample him on my mountains; Then his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden from their shoulder.

Isaiah 21:15

For they have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword; From the taut bow, from the thick of battle.

Isaiah 22:18

And roll you up and toss you like a ball into a broad land. There you will die, there with the chariots you glory in, you disgrace to your master’s house!

Isaiah 27:1

On that day, The Lord will punish with his sword that is cruel, great, and strong, Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the coiled serpent; he will slay the dragon in the sea.

Isaiah 29:5

The horde of your arrogant shall be like fine dust, a horde of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 30:28

Breath like an overflowing torrent that reaches up to the neck! He will winnow the nations with a destructive winnowing and bridle the jaws of the peoples to send them astray.

Isaiah 34:17

It is he who casts the lot for them; his hand measures off their portions; They shall possess it forever, and dwell in it from generation to generation.

Isaiah 40:15

See, the nations count as a drop in the bucket, as a wisp of cloud on the scales; the coastlands weigh no more than a speck.

Isaiah 40:24

Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely their stem rooted in the earth, When he breathes upon them and they wither, and the stormwind carries them away like straw.

Isaiah 41:11

Yes, all shall be put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against you; Those shall be as nothing and perish who offer resistance.

Isaiah 8:7

Therefore the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, great and mighty, the king of Assyria and all his glory. It shall rise above all its channels, and overflow all its banks.

Daniel 2:35

The iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.

Zephaniah 2:2

Before you are driven away, like chaff that disappears; Before there comes upon you the blazing anger of the Lord; Before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s anger.