Isaiah 29:5

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

Isaiah 17:13-14

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.

Isaiah 30:13

So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Psalm 1:4

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

Psalm 35:5

May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord's angel attacks them!

Psalm 46:5-6

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

Psalm 76:5-6

The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless.

Isaiah 10:16-19

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.

Isaiah 25:5

like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

Isaiah 31:8

Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

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Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

The multitude

Isaiah 10:16
For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
Isaiah 25:5
like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.
Isaiah 37:36
The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

As chaff

Isaiah 17:13
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.
Job 21:18
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
Psalm 1:4
Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
Psalm 35:5
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord's angel attacks them!

At an

Isaiah 30:13
So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
Psalm 46:5
God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.
Psalm 76:5
The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

General references

Psalm 48:4
For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.

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