Isaiah 17:12
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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!Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
In other translations
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!Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
Hebrew words
הוֹיhowoe to!H1945הֲמוֹןhamon[the] tumult ofH1995עַמִּים'amimpeoplesH5971רַבִּיםrabimmanyH7227כַּהֲמוֹתkahamotas roarH1993יַמִּיםyamim[the] seasH3220יֶהֱמָיוּןyehemayunthey roar !H1993וּשְׁאוֹןushe'onand [the] uproar ofH7588לְאֻמִּיםle'umimnationsH3816כִּשְׁאוֹןkish'onlike [the] uproar ofH7588מַיִםmayimwatersH4325כַּבִּירִיםkabirimmightyH3524יִשָּׁאוּן׃yisha'unthey are in an uproar !H7582
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