Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF A GREAT ARMY IN JUDEA (namely that of the Assyrian Sennacherib), AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EVENT TO THE ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADORS. (Isa. 17:12-18:7)
Woe . . . multitude—rather, "Ho (Hark)! a noise of," etc. The prophet in vision perceives the vast and mixed Assyrian hosts (Hebrew, "many peoples," see on Isaiah 5:26): on the hills of Judah (so "mountains," Isaiah 17:13): but at the "rebuke" of God, they shall "flee as chaff."
to the rushing . . . that make—rather, "the roaring . . . roareth" (compare Isaiah 8:7; Jeremiah 6:23).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 17:12:
Isaiah 17:14
Isaiah 18:3
Isaiah 37:9
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