Isaiah 17:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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!

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  • Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
  • Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall hold the bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
  • Rev 17:1 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters:
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
  • Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.
  • Ps 46:1-3 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is removed, and though the mountains are carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah.
  • Ps 65:6-7 : 6 Who by His strength establishes the mountains; being girded with power: 7 Who stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Isa 5:26-30 : 26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waists be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
  • Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  • Isa 9:5 : 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
  • Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 17:13
    86%

    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • Isa 13:4
    77%

    4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of battle.

  • Ps 65:7
    76%

    7Who stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

  • Ps 98:7
    75%

    7Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world, and those who dwell in it.

  • Isa 5:30
    75%

    30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.

  • Jer 25:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    30Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall mightily roar upon His dwelling place; He shall give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

    31A noise shall come to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give those who are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.

    32Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.

  • Rev 17:15
    74%

    15Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

  • Isa 33:3
    74%

    3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at your rising, the nations were scattered.

  • Isa 57:20
    74%

    20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

  • Jer 51:42
    74%

    42The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

  • Isa 34:1
    73%

    1Come near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

  • Ps 93:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

    4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.

  • Nah 3:2
    73%

    2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of galloping horses, and of bounding chariots.

  • Isa 30:28
    73%

    28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

  • Isa 24:14
    73%

    14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

  • Ps 29:3
    73%

    3The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.

  • Joel 3:14
    73%

    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

  • Zeph 1:10
    73%

    10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

  • Joel 2:2
    73%

    2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Ezek 26:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!'

    18Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.

  • Isa 18:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation scattered and polished, to a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation divided and trampled, whose land the rivers have ravaged!

    3All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear.

  • Jer 51:55
    72%

    55Because the LORD has plundered Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves roar like great waters, a noise is uttered.

  • Ps 46:3
    72%

    3Though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah.

  • Joel 2:5
    72%

    5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle.

  • Isa 29:5
    72%

    5Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
    72%

    6And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

  • Ezek 26:12
    72%

    12And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

  • Isa 28:2
    72%

    2Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, who shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

  • Ezek 26:3
    71%

    3Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.

    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

  • 1 Chr 16:32
    71%

    32Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them.

  • Amos 8:8
    71%

    8Will not the land tremble for this, and all who dwell in it mourn? It shall rise up wholly like a flood; it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  • Ezek 7:14
    71%

    14They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goes to the battle, for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

  • Ezek 7:11
    71%

    11Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them.

  • Isa 8:9
    71%

    9Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and listen, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces.

  • Luke 21:25
    71%

    25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

  • Ezek 27:34-35
    2 verses
    71%

    34In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.

    35All the inhabitants of the islands shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

  • Jer 50:46
    71%

    46At the noise of the capture of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

  • Jer 47:2
    70%

    2Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land and all that is in it; the city, and those who dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

  • Jer 5:22
    70%

    22Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  • Jer 46:7
    70%

    7Who is this that comes up like a flood, whose waters move like the rivers?

  • Ezek 27:30
    70%

    30And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

  • Ezek 7:7
    70%

    7The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains.