How often are they like straw before the wind; like chaff swept away by a storm?
Isaiah 17:13 - Tree of Life Version The nations will rush in like the rumbling of many waters, but He will rebuke them so they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the hills before the wind, like whirling dust before the storm. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The nations will rush and roar like the rushing and roaring of many waters–but [God] will rebuke them, and they will flee far off and will be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like rolling thistledown or whirling dust of the stubble before the storm. American Standard Version (1901) The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm. Common English Bible Nations roar like the roaring of rushing waters. But God will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, pursued like chaff by wind in the mountains, like tumbleweeds before a storm. Catholic Public Domain Version The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing: but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off. And he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest. |
How often are they like straw before the wind; like chaff swept away by a storm?
when I said, ‘This far you may come, but no further; here your majestic waves will stop.’
The wicked are not so. For they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai driving them off.
who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
For You upheld my right and my cause. You sat upon the throne, judging righteously.
I will break Assyria in My land. On My mountains I will trample him. Then his yoke will be taken off them, his burden removed from their shoulder.
For they fled from swords, from drawn sword, from bent bow and distress of war.
He will roll you up tightly and toss you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be the shame of your Master’s house.
In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.
Yet the multitude of your foes will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the terrifying like chaff that passes away. It will happen in an instant, suddenly.
His Ruach like an overflowing torrent rising up to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of the worthless, to put in the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads away.
He cast the lot for them, and His hand divided it out to them with the line. They will possess it forever, and dwell in it from generation to generation.
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and count as a speck of dust on the scales. Behold, the islands weigh as fine dust.
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely their stem takes root in the earth, when He blows on them and they wither, and a storm carries them off as stubble.
Behold, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing and perish.
therefore behold, Adonai is bringing on them the waters of the River— mighty and massive— Assyria’s king with all his glory! It will rise over all its channels and spill over all its banks.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from summer threshing-floors that the wind blows away. Not a trace of them could be found. Then the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like dew passing away early, like chaff blown from the threshing-floor, or like smoke from a chimney.
before the decree is brought forth, before the day passes away like chaff, before Adonai’s burning anger comes upon you, before the day of Adonai’s anger comes upon you!