“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
^2 [b]The cities of ^(B)Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and ^(C)no one will make them afraid.
^3 (D)The 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 ^[c]wane,
And ^(E)the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
^5 (F)It 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 “Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of ^(C)Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice ^(D)in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
⁷ Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of ^[c]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will ^[d]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.