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A Prophecy Against Damascus
A prophecy against Damascus:
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
A prophecy against Damascus:
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
An oracle concerning Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.
An oracle concerning Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.
The cities of Aroer will be deserted
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are deserted;
they will be for flocks,
which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
they will be for flocks,
which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
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.
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory of the Israelites,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
like the glory of the children of Israel,
and the kingdom from Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
like the glory of the children of Israel,
“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste away.
the fat of his body will waste away.
And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
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.
gathering the grain in their arms —
as when someone gleans heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain
and his arm harvests the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
and his arm harvests the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
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.
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.
Gleanings will be left in it,
as when an olive tree is beaten —
two or three berries
in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
on the branches of a fruit tree,
as when an olive tree is beaten —
two or three berries
in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
on the branches of a fruit tree,
In that day people will look to their Maker
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel.
He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the Asherim or the altars of incense.
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.
In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.
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,
you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
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.
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.
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!
they rage like the raging sea!
Woe to the peoples who roar —
they roar like the roaring of great waters!
Ah, the thunder of many peoples;
they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
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.
when he rebukes them they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.
The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind
and whirling dust before the storm.
but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind
and whirling dust before the storm.