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Isaiah 17

Isa. 17:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to the χmultitude
hamown (Hebrew #1995)
from 1993; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
KJV usage: abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
Pronounce: haw-mone'
Origin: or hamon (Ezek. 5:7) {haw-mone'}
of many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, which make a noise
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
like the noise
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
of the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
; and to the rushing
sha'own (Hebrew #7588)
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
KJV usage: X horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult (X -uous).
Pronounce: shaw-one'
Origin: from 7582
of nations
lom (Hebrew #3816)
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community
KJV usage: nation, people.
Pronounce: leh-ome'
Origin: or l owm {leh-ome'}
, that make a rushing like the rushing
sha'ah (Hebrew #7582)
to rush; by implication, to desolate
KJV usage: be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
of βmighty
kabbiyr (Hebrew #3524)
vast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mighty; of time, aged), or in number, many
KJV usage: + feeble, mighty, most, much, strong, valiant.
Pronounce: kab-beer'
Origin: from 3527
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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or, noise.
β
or, many.

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Ministry on This Verse

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multitude.
or, noise.
Isa. 9:5• 5For every boot of him that is shod for the tumult, and the garment rolled in blood, shall be for burning, fuel for fire. (Isa. 9:5)
make a noise.
Isa. 5:26‑30• 26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
 27none shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
 28their arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
 29Their roaring [shall be] like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall growl, and lay hold of the prey, and carry [it] away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
 30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof. (Isa. 5:26‑30)
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Isa. 8:7‑8• 7therefore behold the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And he shall mount up over all his channels, and go over all his banks;
 8and he shall sweep on into Judah; and he shall overflow and go farther, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the out-stretching of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (Isa. 8:7‑8)
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Isa. 28:17• 17Judgment also will I appoint for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. (Isa. 28:17)
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Psa. 18:4• 4Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me. (Psa. 18:4)
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Psa. 46:1‑3• 1To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found.
 2Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas.
 3Its waters roar, they are troubled;{HR}The mountains tremble with its pride. Selah. (Psa. 46:1‑3)
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Psa. 65:6‑7• 6Establishing mountains by his strength, girded with power;
 7Stilling the roar of seas,{HR}The roar of their waves,{HR}And the tumult of Gentiles. (Psa. 65:6‑7)
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Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring.
 4Above the voices of many mighty waters,{HR}Breakers of the sea, mighty [is] Jehovah on high. (Psa. 93:3‑4)
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Jer. 6:23• 23They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion. (Jer. 6:23)
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Ezek. 43:2• 2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east, and his voice [was] as the sound of many waters, and the earth shined with his glory. (Ezek. 43:2)
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Luke 21:25• 25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity, for at the roar of the sea and rolling waves, (Luke 21:25)
mighty.
or, many.
Psa. 29:3• 3The voice of Jehovah [is] upon the waters;{HR}The God of glory hath thundered;{HR}Jehovah [is] upon many waters. (Psa. 29:3)
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Rev. 17:1,15• 1And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spoke with me, saying, Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth on [the] many waters;
 15And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. (Rev. 17:1,15)
• {v.12-14} Here doubtless we have a brief yet comprehensive sight of the final convulsions among the nations, when God will make Jerusalem “a cup of trembling” and a “burdensome stone” to all the peoples round about, and “gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle” (Zech. 12:2-3; 14:2). (“Isaiah 17” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Had! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas;—and the rushing of nationse! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Woe to."
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Leummim, races of mankind. see Ps. 2.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe toa a tumult of many peoples, [which] roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

WK Translation Notes

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Or, probably Ho!