Isaiah 17:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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!

Multitude

Isaiah 9:5

Make a noise

Mighty

Psalm 29:3

Revelation 17:1

General references

Isaiah 33:3

Bible References

Multitude

For every battle of a warrior is with rushing, and raiment rolled in blood, And it hath been for burning -- fuel of fire.

Make a noise

And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh.

Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks.

And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers.

Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it is, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.

And lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice is as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour.

And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land is distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

Mighty

The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters.

And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, 'Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters,

General references

From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.