Isaiah 17:13
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Damascus announces it will cease to be a city and become a heap of ruins. Israel's glory will waste away in the same judgment. Yet a remnant will look to its Maker and not to altars. Nations …
Andere Übersetzungen
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.
But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.
Querverweise
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh …