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Isaiah 30:17

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Verse 17

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee "At the rebuke of five, ten thousand of you shall flee" - In the second line of this verse a word is manifestly omitted, which should answer to one thousand in the first: the Septuagint supply πολλοι, רבים rabbim. But the true word is רבבה rebabah, as I am persuaded any one will be convinced, who will compare the following passages with this place: - "How should one chase a thousand;

And two put ten thousand (רבבה) to flight?" Deu 32:30. "And five of you shall chase a hundred;

And a hundred of you shall chase (רבבה) ten thousand." Lev 26:8.