Isaiah 17 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[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.

King James Version

^[1] The burdenH4853 of Damascus.H1834 Behold, DamascusH1834 is taken awayH5493(HophPtc) from [being] a city,H5892 and it shall be a ruinousH4654 heap.H4596 ^[2] The citiesH5892 of AroerH6177 [are] forsaken:H5800(QalPasPtc) they shall be for flocks,H5739 which shall lie down,H7257(QalPerf) and none shall make [them] afraid.H2729(HiphPtc) ^[3] The fortressH4013 also shall ceaseH7673(NiphPerf) from Ephraim,H669 and the kingdomH4467 from Damascus,H1834 and the remnantH7605 of Syria:H758 they shall be as the gloryH3519 of the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[4] And in that dayH3117 it shall come to pass, [that] the gloryH3519 of JacobH3290 shall be made thin,H1809(NiphImpf) and the fatnessH4924 of his fleshH1320 shall wax lean.H7329(NiphImpf) ^[5] And it shall be as when the harvestmanH7105 gatherethH622(QalInf) the corn,H7054 and reapethH7114(QalImpf) the earsH7641 with his arm;H2220 and it shall be as he that gatherethH3950(PielPtc) earsH7641 in the valleyH6010 of Rephaim.H7497 ^[6] Yet gleaning grapesH5955 shall be leftH7604(NiphPerf) in it, as the shakingH5363 of an olive tree,H2132 twoH8147 [or] threeH7969 berriesH1620 in the topH7218 of the uppermost bough,H534 fourH702 [or] fiveH2568 in the outmost fruitfulH6509(QalActPtc) branchesH5585 thereof, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH3068 GodH430 of Israel.H3478 ^[7] At that dayH3117 shall a manH120 lookH8159(QalImpf) to his Maker,H6213(QalActPtc) and his eyesH5869 shall have respectH7200(QalImpf) to the HolyH6918 One of Israel.H3478 ^[8] And he shall not lookH8159(QalImpf) to the altars,H4196 the workH4639 of his hands,H3027 neither shall respectH7200(QalImpf) [that] which his fingersH676 have made,H6213(QalPerf) either the groves,H842 or the images.H2553 ^[9] In that dayH3117 shall his strongH4581 citiesH5892 be as a forsakenH5800(QalPasPtc) bough,H2793 and an uppermost branch,H534 which they leftH5800(QalPerf) becauseH6440 of the childrenH1121 of Israel:H3478 and there shall be desolation.H8077 ^[10] Because thou hast forgottenH7911(QalPerf) the GodH430 of thy salvation,H3468 and hast not been mindfulH2142(QalPerf) of the rockH6697 of thy strength,H4581 therefore shalt thou plantH5193(QalImpf) pleasantH5282 plants,H5194 and shalt setH2232(QalImpf) it with strangeH2114(QalPtc) slips:H2156 ^[11] In the dayH3117 shalt thou make thy plantH5194 to grow,H7735(PilpImpf) and in the morningH1242 shalt thou make thy seedH2233 to flourish:H6524(HiphImpf) [but] the harvestH7105 [shall be] a heapH5067 in the dayH3117 of griefH2470(NiphPtc) and of desperateH605(QalPasPtc) sorrow.H3511 ^[12] WoeH1945 to the multitudeH1995 of manyH7227 people,H5971 [which] make a noiseH1993(QalImpf) like the noiseH1993(QalInf) of the seas;H3220 and to the rushingH7588 of nations,H3816 [that] make a rushing like the rushingH7582(NiphImpf) of mightyH3524 waters!H4325 ^[13] The nationsH3816 shall rushH7582(NiphImpf) like the rushingH7588 of manyH7227 waters:H4325 but [God] shall rebukeH1605(QalPerf) them, and they shall fleeH5127(QalPerf) far off,H4801 and shall be chasedH7291(PualPerf) as the chaffH4671 of the mountainsH2022 beforeH6440 the wind,H7307 and like a rolling thingH1534 beforeH6440 the whirlwind.H5492 ^[14] And behold at eveningtideH6256 trouble;H1091 [and] before the morningH1242 he [is] not. This [is] the portionH2506 of them that spoilH8154(QalActPtc) us, and the lotH1486 of them that robH962(QalActPtc) us.

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