Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 17:12
Read, 'Ah, the uproar of many peoples, which roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing,' etc. Many people] The Assyrian army was recruited from many nations.
Read, 'Ah, the uproar of many peoples, which roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing,' etc. Many people] The Assyrian army was recruited from many nations.
Verse Isaiah 17:12. _WO TO THE MULTITUDE_] The three last verses of this chapter seem to have no relation to the foregoing prophecy, to which they are joined. It is a beautiful piece, standing singly...
WO TO THE MULTITUDE ... - The word ‘woe’ (הוי _hôy_) may be either an interjection simply directing the attention to them, or it may be a word indicating approaching calamity and judgment (see the no...
CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _...
THE OVERTHROW OF ASSYRIA. A brief independent prophecy or oracle not connected with Isaiah 17:1, and probably not with Isaiah 18. Some assign it to the post-exilic period on account of the reference t...
PEOPLE. peoples. NOISE. booming, or roaring. RUSHING. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_ (App-6), for emphasis....
-Isaiah on his "watch-tower" hears, and we seem to hear with him, the ocean-like roar of the advancing Assyrian hosts" (Cheyne). Whether the invaders are already in the land, or are present only to th...
Isaiah 17:12-14. The sudden annihilation of the Assyrians These verses are regarded by some critics as the continuation of ch. Isaiah 17:1-11, by others as the introduction to ch. 18. Since the refer...
WOE TO THE MULTITUDE— We have here the third member of this prophetic discourse, and the first part of the section, concerning the unexpected overthrow of the Assyrians. After the prophet had exhibite...
d. CHAOS TEXT: Isaiah 17:12-14 12 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! 13 The nations sh...
Woe to the multitude of many people which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the...
17:12 Ha! (d-1) Or 'Woe to.' nations! (e-22) _ Leummim_ , races of mankind. see Psalms 2:1 ....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...
הֹ֗וי הֲמֹון֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּ הֲמֹ֥ות י
In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...
(o) Woe to the multitude of many people, [who] 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! (o) The prophet laments...
_Multitude, &c. This and all that follows to the end of the chapter, relates to the Assyrian army under Sennacherib, (Challoner) or rather to that of Israel and its allies. (Calmet) --- After the Assy...
I include the whole under one view, and, besides the general observation to be made upon them as a prophecy, fully accomplished, in after ages, I pray the Reader to make his spiritual reflections upon...
12._Alas _(8) _for the multitude! _Some render Woe, making it to denote execration. Sometimes, as we have seen elsewhere, it is employed in calling to a person; but on the present occasion I rather th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
WOE TO THE MULTITUDE OF MANY PEOPLE,..... Not as lamenting the people of the Jews with Hezekiah, as if they were the words of the prophet bemoaning their condition, saying, "O the multitude", c. nor i...
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! Ver. 12. _Woe to the mult...
_Wo_, &c. “We have here the third member of this prophetic discourse, and the first part of the section concerning the unexpected overthrow of the Assyrians. After the prophet had exhibited the divine...
A Woe upon Israel's Enemies...
Woe to the multitude of many people, with the turmoil and tumult of their advance, WHICH MAKE A NOISE LIKE THE NOISE OF THE SEAS; AND TO THE RUSHING OF NATIONS, THAT MAKE A RUSHING LIKE THE RUSHING OF...
MULTITUDE: Or, noise MIGHTY: Or, many...
12-14 The rage and force of the Assyrians resembled the mighty waters of the sea; but when the God of Israel should rebuke them, they would flee like chaff, or like a rolling thing, before the whirlw...
This is a new prophecy, added for the present support and comfort of God's people. THE MULTITUDE OF MANY PEOPLE, combined together against Judah. It matters not whether you understand this of the Syri...
Isaiah 17:12 Woe H1945 multitude H1995 many H7227 people H5971 noise H1993 (H8799) roar H1993 (H8800) seas...
A GLIMPSE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE (ISAIAH 17:12). Having depicted the dark future for Israel, apart from the remnant, Isaiah now goes on to encourage all of God's people who will listen. No earthly pow...
THE FUTURE THAT ISRAEL CAN LOOK FORWARD TO (ISAIAH 17:4). Israel's future is bleak, but it will make them set their eyes on their Maker, the Holy One of Israel. Analysis of Isaiah 17:4. a And it wil...
CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of Syria and Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It is our forgetfulness of...
Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...
_Woe to the multitude of many people_ A SHORT TRIUMPH These verses read the doom of those that spoil and rob the people of God. If the Syrians and Israelites invade and plunder Judah--if the Assyri...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:12 AH draws attention to the NATIONS—mighty, restless, and destructive, but scattered by the mere REBUKE of the sovereign God (see chs....
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED Isaiah 17:12. _Woe to the multitude, &c._ These verses appear to have no connection with the prophecies that precede or follow them, but they seem to indicate the charact...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threat...
Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...
Ezekiel 43:2; Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8;...
Woe — This is a new prophecy, added for the comfort of God's people. Many — Combined together against Judah. Seas — Who invade my land and people with great force, as the sea does when it enters into...