11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be gone in the day [a]of possession, and there shall be desperate sorrow.

12 [b]Ah, the multitude of many people, they shall make a sound like the noise of the sea: for the noise of the people shall make a sound like the noise of mighty waters.

13 The people shall make a sound like the noise of many waters: but God shall [c]rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and as a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:11 As the Lord threateneth the wicked in his Law, Lev. 26:16.
  2. Isaiah 17:12 The Prophet lamenteth, considering the horrible plague that was prepared against Israel by the Assyrians, which were infinite in number, and gathered of many nations.
  3. Isaiah 17:13 He addeth this for the consolation of the faithful which were in Israel.

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