Isaiah 17:1-3
World English Bible
17 The burden of Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.
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Isaiah 17:1-3
International Standard Version
A Rebuke to Damascus
17 A message[a] about Damascus:[b]
“Look! Damascus[c] will cease to be a city.
Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.
2 The cities of Oraru[d] will be deserted—
they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest,
and terrorism will be no more.[e]
3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal authority from Damascus;[f]
the survivors[g] from Aram[h] will be like the glory of the Israelis,”
declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:1 Lit. An oracle
- Isaiah 17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus
- Isaiah 17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus
- Isaiah 17:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Aroer, a pun on the Heb. word for ruins; LXX reads forever
- Isaiah 17:2 Lit. and no one will make them afraid
- Isaiah 17:3 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus
- Isaiah 17:3 I.e. believing Jews who return
- Isaiah 17:3 I.e. Syria
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