Isaiah 17:14

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12 Woe to the multitude of many people
Who make a noise ^alike the roar of the seas,
And to the rushing of nations
That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters;
But God will ^arebuke them and they will flee far away,
And ^bbe chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 Then behold, at eventide, trouble!
And before the morning, he is no more.
This is the portion of those who plunder us,
And the lot of those who rob us.

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Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 17:14

He is not "He is no more" - For einennu ten MSS. of Dr. Kennicott' s, (three ancient), ten of De Rossi' s, and two editions, and the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Arabic, have veeinenno . This particle, authenticated by so many good vouchers, restores the sentence to its true poetical form, implying a repetition of some part of the parallel line preceding, thus: -

"At the season of evening, behold terror!

Before the morning, and [behold] he is no more!"

That spoil us - For shoseynu , them that spoil us, fifteen MSS., one edition, and the Syriac have shosenu , him that spoileth us. And for lebozezeynu , them that rob us, six MSS. and the Syriac have lebozzeno , him that robbeth us: and these readings make the place answer better to Sennacherib, according to Lowth' s conjecture. Though God may permit the wicked to prevail for a time against his people, yet in the end those shall be overthrown, and the glory of the Lord shall shine brightly on them that fear him; for the earth shall be subdued, and the universe filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen!

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