Isaiah 17:12 meaning and explanation

Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

Isaiah 17:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just announced judgment on Damascus and Ephraim, and now he turns to the wider world. The "many peoples" are the great powers and their armies, pictured as an unstoppable flood of water.

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