| 13. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 17:13:1 ⧉לְאֻמִּ֗יםleummimnations or peoples Isaiah 17:13:2 ⧉כִּשְׁא֞וֹןkisheonlike a roar Isaiah 17:13:3 ⧉מַ֤יִםmayimof waters Isaiah 17:13:4 ⧉רַבִּים֙rabimmany Isaiah 17:13:5 ⧉יִשָּׁא֔וּןyishsaunthey roar Isaiah 17:13:6 ⧉וְגָ֥עַרvegaarbut he rebuked or will rebuke Isaiah 17:13:7 ⧉בּ֖וֹboit or him Isaiah 17:13:8 ⧉וְנָ֣סvenasand he fled or will flee Isaiah 17:13:9 ⧉מִמֶּרְחָ֑קmimmerkhakfrom afar Isaiah 17:13:10 ⧉וְרֻדַּ֗ףveruddafand pursued or chased Isaiah 17:13:11 ⧉כְּמֹ֤ץkemotslike chaff Isaiah 17:13:12 ⧉הָרִים֙harimof mountains Isaiah 17:13:13 ⧉לִפְנֵי־ר֔וּחַlifneruakhbefore wind Isaiah 17:13:14 ⧉וּכְגַלְגַּ֖לukhegalgaland like whirling-dust or tumbleweed Isaiah 17:13:15 ⧉לִפְנֵ֥יlifnebefore Isaiah 17:13:16 ⧉סוּפָֽה׃sufastorm or tempest |
| 13. Formal Translation The nations will roar like the roar of many waters, but He {Yahweh, Divine Judge} will rebuke them, and they will flee far away; they will be pursued like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like a wheel before the whirlwind. |
| 13. Dynamic Translation The nations surge with the roar of raging waters, but He {Yahweh, Upholder of Justice} will rebuke them, and they scatter into the distance. They are driven off like chaff down the hills by the wind, and like a wheel before the whirlwind. |