Isaiah 17:12
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!
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 …
Other Translations
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
Woe <FI>to<Fi> the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And <FI>to<Fi> the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.
Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!
Cross References
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end …
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto …
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king …
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and …
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with …
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the …
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the …
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, …
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, …
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth …