OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 17:12

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12

Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

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Verse 12. Multitude, and so forth 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 Assyrians had afflicted Israel, they were also punished. Worthington.

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