Yesaya 17:13

17:13 Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, ¹ 

when he shouts at ²  them, they will flee to a distant land,

driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills,

or like dead thistles ³  before a strong gale.

Yesaya 41:11

41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;

your adversaries ⁴  will be reduced to nothing ⁵  and perish.

[17:13]  ¹ tn Heb “the peoples are in an uproar like the uproar of mighty waters.”

[17:13]  ² tn Or “rebukes.” The verb and related noun are used in theophanies of God’s battle cry which terrifies his enemies. See, for example, Pss 18:15; 76:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2; Nah 1:4, and A. Caquot, TDOT 3:49-53.

[17:13]  ³ tn Or perhaps “tumbleweed” (NAB, NIV, CEV); KJV “like a rolling thing.”

[41:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men of your strife”; NASB “those who contend with you.”

[41:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”