Isaiah 17:13 portrays the nations as powerful and tumultuous like rushing waters, but despite their strength, God will rebuke them, causing them to scatter and flee in defeat. The imagery of being chased like chaff before the wind and rolling like a whirlwind emphasizes their helplessness and destruction in the face of God’s judgment. The verse highlights God’s sovereignty and the futility of opposing His will, assuring the faithful of His control over the fate of all nations.
If a man let in the water, and the water overflow the plantation of his neighbor, he shall pay ten gur of corn for every ten gan of land.
If he be not able to replace the corn, then he and his possessions shall be divided among the farmers whose corn he has flooded.