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Isaiah 17:1

Damascus
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
KJV
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
WEB
The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
ASV
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
DARBY
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
BLB
The burden of Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is being turned aside as a city, and it has become a heap of ruins.
ÅB
Utsagn om Damaskus. Se, Damaskus skal opphøre å være en by og bli til en grusdynge.
OTB
En kunngjøring om Damaskus: "Se, Damaskus skal opphøre å være en by og skal bli en ruinhaug.
B1930
Utsagn om Damaskus. Se, Damaskus skal ophøre å være en by og bli til en grusdynge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Amos 1:3–5

    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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  • Isaiah 25:2

    For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

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  • Zechariah 9:1

    The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 49:2

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 49:23–27

    Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

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  • Genesis 14:15

    And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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  • Acts 9:2

    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

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  • Micah 1:6

    Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

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