Isaiah 17:13

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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.The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

In other translations

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.The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Hebrew words

לְאֻמִּיםle'umimnationsH3816כִּשְׁאוֹןkish'onlike [the] uproar ofH7588מַיִםmayimwatersH4325רַבִּיםrabimmanyH7227יִשָּׁאוּןyisha'unthey are in an uproar !H7582וְגָעַרvega'arand he will rebukeH1605בּוֹbo<in> itוְנָסvenasand it will fleeH5127מִמֶּרְחָקmimerchakfrom a distanceH4801וְרֻדַּףverudafand it will be chasedH7291כְּמֹץkemotzlike chaff ofH4671הָרִיםharimmountainsH2022לִפְנֵי־lifnei-<to> beforeH6440רוּחַruacha windH7307וּכְגַלְגַּלukhegalgaland like whirling dustH1534לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440סוּפָה׃sufaha storm-windH5492

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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