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World English Bible

Isaiah 17 (WEBP)

[1] 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.
[4] “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
[5] It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.
[6] Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
[7] In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
[8] They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars.
[9] In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.
[10] For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
[11] In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
[12] Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
[13] The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
[14] At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 17 (KJVS)

[1] 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 .
[4] And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of Jacob shall be made thin (), and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean ().
[5] And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth () the corn , and reapeth () the ears with his arm ; and it shall be as he that gathereth () ears in the valley of Rephaim .
[6] Yet gleaning grapes shall be left () in it, as the shaking of an olive tree , two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough , four [or] five in the outmost fruitful () branches thereof, saith () the LORD God of Israel .
[7] At that day shall a man look () to his Maker (), and his eyes shall have respect () to the Holy One of Israel .
[8] And he shall not look () to the altars , the work of his hands , neither shall respect () [that] which his fingers have made (), either the groves , or the images .
[9] In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken () bough , and an uppermost branch , which they left () because of the children of Israel : and there shall be desolation .
[10] Because thou hast forgotten () the God of thy salvation , and hast not been mindful () of the rock of thy strength , therefore shalt thou plant () pleasant plants , and shalt set () it with strange () slips :
[11] In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow (), and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish (): [but] the harvest [shall be] a heap in the day of grief () and of desperate () sorrow .
[12] Woe to the multitude of many people , [which] make a noise () like the noise () of the seas ; and to the rushing of nations , [that] make a rushing like the rushing () of mighty waters !
[13] The nations shall rush () like the rushing of many waters : but [God] shall rebuke () them, and they shall flee () far off , and shall be chased () as the chaff of the mountains before the wind , and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind .
[14] And behold at eveningtide trouble ; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil () us, and the lot of them that rob () us.

Young’s Literal Translation

Isaiah 17 (YLT)

[1] The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from being a city, And it hath been a heap-a ruin.
[2] Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
[3] And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!
[4] And it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean.
[5] And it hath come to pass, As the gathering by the reaper of the standing corn, And his arm the ears reapeth, And it hath come to pass, As the gathering of the ears in the valley of Rephaim,
[6] And left in him have been gleanings, As the compassing of an olive, Two-three berries on the top of a branch, Four-five on the fruitful boughs, The affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel!
[7] In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
[8] And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not-the shrines and the images.
[9] In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.
[10] Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And the rock of thy strength hast not remembered, Therefore thou plantest plants of pleasantness, And with a strange slip sowest it,
[11] In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap is the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.
[12] Woe to the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And to the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.
[13] Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.
[14] At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This is the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!