<h3>A Prophecy Against Damascus</h3>17 A prophecy against Damascus: <poetry>“See, Damascus will no longer be a city <indent>but will become a heap of ruins. </indent> 2 <poetry>The cities of Aroer will be deserted <indent>and left to flocks, which will lie down, </indent> <indent>with no one to make them afraid. </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, <indent>and royal power from Damascus;</indent> the remnant of Aram will be <indent>like the glory of the Israelites,” </indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> Almighty.<poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry>“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; <indent>the fat of his body will waste away.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, <indent>gathering the grain in their arms—</indent> as when someone gleans heads of grain <indent>in the Valley of Rephaim. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>Yet some gleanings will remain, <indent>as when an olive tree is beaten, </indent> leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, <indent>four or five on the fruitful boughs,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, the God of Israel.<poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>In that day people will look to their Maker <indent>and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>They will not look to the altars, <indent>the work of their hands, </indent> and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles <indent>and the incense altars their fingers have made.</indent></poetry> 9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.<poetry> 10 <poetry>You have forgotten God your Savior; <indent>you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. </indent> Therefore, though you set out the finest plants <indent>and plant imported vines, </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, <indent>and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,</indent> yet the harvest will be as nothing <indent>in the day of disease and incurable pain. </indent><poetry></poetry> 12 <poetry>Woe to the many nations that rage — <indent>they rage like the raging sea! </indent> Woe to the peoples who roar — <indent>they roar like the roaring of great waters! </indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry>Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, <indent>when he rebukes them they flee far away,</indent> driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, <indent>like tumbleweed before a gale. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>In the evening, sudden terror! <indent>Before the morning, they are gone! </indent> This is the portion of those who loot us, <indent>the lot of those who plunder us.</indent></poetry>

Isaiah 17:1

A prophecy<cr>1</cr> against Damascus:<cr>2</cr> <pb/><poetry>“See, Damascus will no longer be a city <indent>but will become a heap of ruins.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

The cities of Aroer<cr>1</cr> will be deserted <indent>and left to flocks,<cr>2</cr> which will lie down,<cr>3</cr> </indent> <indent>with no one to make them afraid.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 17:2

The fortified<cr>1</cr> city will disappear from Ephraim, <indent>and royal power from Damascus;</indent> the remnant of Aram will be <indent>like the glory<cr>2</cr> of the Israelites,”<cr>3</cr> </indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> Almighty.<pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 17:3

“In that day<cr>1</cr> the glory<cr>2</cr> of Jacob will fade; <indent>the fat of his body will waste<cr>3</cr> away.</indent>

Isaiah 17:4

It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, <indent>gathering<cr>1</cr> the grain in their arms—</indent> as when someone gleans heads of grain<cr>2</cr> <indent>in the Valley of Rephaim.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 17:5

Yet some gleanings will remain,<cr>1</cr> <indent>as when an olive tree is beaten,<cr>2</cr> </indent> leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, <indent>four or five on the fruitful boughs,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, the God of Israel.<pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 17:6

In that day<cr>1</cr> people will look<cr>2</cr> to their Maker<cr>3</cr> <indent>and turn their eyes to the Holy One<cr>4</cr> of Israel.</indent>

Isaiah 17:7

They will not look to the altars,<cr>1</cr> <indent>the work of their hands,<cr>2</cr> </indent> and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles<ft>1</ft><cr>3</cr> <indent>and the incense altars their fingers<cr>4</cr> have made.</indent>

Isaiah 17:8

In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.<cr>1</cr> And all will be desolation.<pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 17:9

You have forgotten<cr>1</cr> God your Savior;<cr>2</cr> <indent>you have not remembered the Rock,<cr>3</cr> your fortress.<cr>4</cr> </indent> Therefore, though you set out the finest plants <indent>and plant imported vines,<cr>5</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 17:10

though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, <indent>and on the morning<cr>1</cr> when you plant them, you bring them to bud,</indent> yet the harvest<cr>2</cr> will be as nothing<cr>3</cr> <indent>in the day of disease and incurable<cr>4</cr> pain.<cr>5</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 17:11

Woe to the many nations that rage<cr>1</cr> — <indent>they rage like the raging sea!<cr>2</cr> </indent> Woe to the peoples who roar<cr>3</cr> — <indent>they roar like the roaring of great waters!<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 17:12

Although the peoples roar<cr>1</cr> like the roar of surging waters, <indent>when he rebukes<cr>2</cr> them they flee<cr>3</cr> far away,</indent> driven before the wind like chaff<cr>4</cr> on the hills, <indent>like tumbleweed before a gale.<cr>5</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 17:13

In the evening, sudden<cr>1</cr> terror!<cr>2</cr> <indent>Before the morning, they are gone!<cr>3</cr> </indent> This is the portion of those who loot us, <indent>the lot of those who plunder us.</indent>

Isaiah 17:14

 1 A prophecy   against Damascus:   “See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.    2 The cities of Aroer   will be deserted and left to flocks,   which will lie down,   with no one to make them afraid.    3 The fortified   city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory   of the Israelites,”   declares the Lord Almighty.  4 “In that day   the glory   of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste   away.  5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, gathering   the grain in their arms— as when someone gleans heads of grain   in the Valley of Rephaim.    6 Yet some gleanings will remain,   as when an olive tree is beaten,   leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the fruitful boughs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel.  7 In that day   people will look   to their Maker   and turn their eyes to the Holy One   of Israel.  8 They will not look to the altars,   the work of their hands,   and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles    and the incense altars their fingers   have made. 9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.   And all will be desolation.  10 You have forgotten   God your Savior;   you have not remembered the Rock,   your fortress.   Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines,    11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning   when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest   will be as nothing   in the day of disease and incurable   pain.    12 Woe to the many nations that rage  — they rage like the raging sea!   Woe to the peoples who roar  — they roar like the roaring of great waters!    13 Although the peoples roar   like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes   them they flee   far away, driven before the wind like chaff   on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.    14 In the evening, sudden   terror!   Before the morning, they are gone!   This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

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