Isaiah 29:5
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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.But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
In other translations
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.But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כְּאָבָקke'avaklike dustH80דַּקdakfineH1851הֲמוֹןhamon[the] multitude ofH1995זָרָיִךְzarayikhstrangers yourH2114וּכְמֹץukhemotzand like chaffH4671עֹבֵר'over[which] passes awayH5674הֲמוֹןhamon[the] multitude ofH1995עָרִיצִים'aritzimruthless [people]H6184וְהָיָהvehayahand it will happenH1961לְפֶתַעlefeta'to suddennessH6621פִּתְאֹם׃pit'omsuddenlyH6597
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- Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
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- Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
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