Isaiah 17
17
Proclamation Against Syria and Israel
1The #Gen. 14:15; 15:2; 2 Kin. 16:9; Jer. 49:23; Amos 1:3–5; Zech. 9:1; Acts 9:2burden against Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
2The cities of #Num. 32:34Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and #Jer. 7:33no one will make them afraid.
3#Is. 7:16; 8:4The 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.
4“In that day it shall come to pass
That the glory of Jacob will wane,
And #Is. 10:16the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
5#Is. 17:11; Jer. 51:33; Joel 3:13; Matt. 13:30It 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.
6#Deut. 4:27; Is. 24:13; Obad. 5Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it,
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the Lord God of Israel.
7In that day a man will #Is. 10:20; Hos. 3:5; Mic. 7:7look to his Maker,
And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
8He will not look to the altars,
The work of his hands;
He will not respect what his #Is. 2:8; 31:7fingers have made,
Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.
9In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough
And an uppermost branch,
Which they left because of the children of Israel;
And there will be desolation.
10Because you have forgotten #Ps. 68:19; Is. 51:13the God of your salvation,
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold,
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants
And set out foreign seedlings;
11In the day you will make your plant to grow,
And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish;
But the harvest will be a heap of ruins
In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
12Woe to the multitude of many people
Who make a noise #Is. 5:30; Jer. 6:23; Ezek. 43:2; Luke 21:25like the roar of the seas,
And to the rushing of nations
That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters;
But God will #Ps. 9:5; Is. 41:11rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And #Ps. 83:13; Hos. 13:3be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14Then behold, at eventide, trouble!
And before the morning, he is no more.
This is the portion of those who plunder us,
And the lot of those who rob us.
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Isaiah 17
17
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
1#Zec 9:1; Ge 14:15The oracle of Damascus.
See, Damascus will cease from being a city;
it shall be a ruinous heap.
2#Eze 25:5; Nu 32:34 The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,
and no one shall make them afraid.
3#Isa 7:16; 8:4 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus,
and the remnant of Aram;
they shall be as the glory of the sons of Israel,
says the Lord of Hosts.
4#Isa 10:16 In that day the glory of Jacob shall decrease,
and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5#2Sa 5:18; Jer 51:33 It shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn
and reaps the ears with his arm,
and it shall be as he who gathers ears
in the Valley of Rephaim.
6#Isa 24:13; Dt 4:27 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it,
as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,
four or five in its outmost fruitful branches,
says the Lord God of Israel.
7#Mic 7:7; Hos 3:5 On that day a man shall look to his Maker,
and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
8#Isa 27:9; 30:22 He shall not look to the altars,
the work of his hands,
nor shall he respect what his fingers have made,
either the groves or the images.
9#Isa 27:10In that day his strong cities shall be as a forsaken bough and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the sons of Israel; and there shall be a desolation.
10#Dt 32:4; Isa 12:2 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength,
therefore you plant pleasant plants
and set them with vine slips of a strange god;
11#Job 4:8; Hos 8:7 in the day that you plant it, you carefully fence it in,
and in the morning you make your seed to flourish;
but the harvest shall be a heap of ruins
in the day of grief and desperate pain.
12#Ps 18:4; Jer 6:23 Woe to the multitude of many people
who make a noise like the noise of the seas,
and the rushing of many peoples
who make a rumble like the rumbling of mighty waters!
13#Ps 9:5; Job 21:18 The nations rumble like the rumbling of many waters;
but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off,
and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
and like rolling dust before the whirlwind.
14#2Ki 19:35 At evening time, sudden terror!
And before the morning, they are no more.
This is the portion of those who plunderus,
and the lot of those who rob us.
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