Isaiah 17:1-8

Complete Jewish Bible

“Dammesek will soon stop being a city;
it will become a heap of ruins.
² The cities of ‘Aro‘er will be abandoned,
given over to flocks lying down undisturbed.
³ Efrayim will have no defenses,
Dammesek will cease to rule,
and Aram’s survivors will share the fate
of Isra’el’s finest sons,”

says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

⁴ “When that day comes, Ya‘akov’s glory will wane,
and his full body grow thin,
⁵ as when the harvester collects the standing grain,
reaping the ears of grain with his arm;
yes, as when they glean the grain
in the Refa’im Valley.
⁶ Yet gleanings will be left,
as when beating an olive tree —
two or three olives at the very top,
four or five on its fruitful branches,”

says Adonai, the God of Isra’el.

⁷ On that day, a person will heed his Maker
and turn his eyes toward the Holy One of Isra’el.
⁸ He will pay no heed to the altars
made with his own hands,
he will not turn toward what his fingers made,
the sacred poles and standing-stones for sun-worship.