Proclamation Against Syria and Israel
1 The aburden against Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of aAroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and bno one will make them afraid.
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and bno one will make them afraid.
3 aThe fortress also will cease from Ephraim,
The kingdom from Damascus,
And the remnant of Syria;
They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
The kingdom from Damascus,
And the remnant of Syria;
They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
4 “In that day it shall come to pass
That the glory of Jacob will1 wane,
And athe fatness of his flesh grow lean.
That the glory of Jacob will1 wane,
And athe fatness of his flesh grow lean.
5 aIt shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain,
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 17:3.
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