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An oracle">a</a></span> about Damascus:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">“Look! Damascus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus">c</a></span> will cease to be a city.</p> <p class="poetry2">Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The cities of Oraru<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Aroer, a pun on the Heb. word for ruins; LXX reads forever">d</a></span> will be deserted—</p> <p class="poetry2">they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest,</p> <p class="poetry2">and terrorism will be no more.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:2 Lit. and no one will make them afraid">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,</p> <p class="poetry2">and royal authority from Damascus;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the survivors<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 i.e. believing Jews who return">g</a></span> from Aram<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 i.e. Syria">h</a></span> will be like the glory of the Israelis,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="heading">A Time of Weakness for Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:4 Lit. On that day">i</a></span> Jacob’s glory will have become weakened,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his strong<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:4 Lit. fat">j</a></span> flesh will turn gaunt;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>it will be as if harvesters gather standing grain,</p> <p class="poetry2">reaping the ears by hand,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 Lit. ears with his arm">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">or it will be as if grain is harvested</p> <p class="poetry2">in the valley of Rephaim.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 Lit. Giants">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Nevertheless, gleanings will remain in Israel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:6 Lit. it">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">as when an olive tree is beaten—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:6 Or harvested">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">two or three ripe olives left in the topmost branches,</p> <p class="poetry2">four or five left among the branches of a fruit-filled tree,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:6 So 1QIsaa; MT reads among its branches">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD God of Israel.</p> <p class="heading">Revival to Come to Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>At that time, men will look upon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads to">p</a></span> their Maker, and their eyes will honor the Holy One of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They will not look upon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads to">q</a></span> the altars, the products<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the product">r</a></span> that their own fingers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hands">s</a></span> have made, and they will have no regard for Asherah poles<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 i.e. images of the Babylonian-Canaanite goddess of fortune">t</a></span> or incense altars.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:8 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads for trees or for their abominations">u</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Desolation to the Nations</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 Lit. On that day,">v</a></span> their fortified cities</p> <p class="poetry2">that they abandoned because of the Israelis</p> <p class="poetry2">will be like desolate places<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads place">w</a></span> of the forests and hilltops—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 Or the Hivites and Amorites">x</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">there will be desolation.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For you have forgotten the God of your salvation</p> <p class="poetry2">and have not remembered the Rock</p> <p class="poetry2">that is your strength.</p> <p class="poetry2">Therefore even though you plant delightful plants,</p> <p class="poetry2">sowing them with imported vine-seedlings,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>at the time that you plant them,</p> <p class="poetry2">carefully making them grow,</p> <p class="poetry2">the very morning you make your seed to sprout,</p> <p class="poetry2">your harvest will be ruined<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:11 Lit. become a pile">y</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">in a time of grief and unbearable pain.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:11 Lit. and sorrow">z</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“How terrible it will be for many peoples,</p> <p class="poetry2">who rage like the roaring sea!</p> <p class="poetry2">Oh, how the uproar of nations</p> <p class="poetry2">is like the sound of rushing, mighty water—</p> <p class="poetry2">How they roar!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The nations roar like the rushing of many waters,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 So 1QIsaa MT; cf. LXX; MTms Syr lack this line">aa</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">but the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 Lit. but he">bb</a></span> will rebuke them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they will run far away,</p> <p class="poetry2">chased like chaff blown down from the mountains</p> <p class="poetry2">or like thick dust<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 Lit. like something">cc</a></span> that rolls along,</p> <p class="poetry2">blown along by a wind storm.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When the evening arrives, watch out—sudden terror!</p> <p class="poetry2">By morning they will be there no longer!</p> <p class="poetry2">So it will be for those who plunder us</p> <p class="poetry2">and what will happen to those who rob us.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:1 Lit. <i>An oracle</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads <i>Dramascus</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads <i>Dramascus</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Aroer</i>, a pun on the Heb. word for <i>ruins</i>; LXX reads <i>forever</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 17:2 Lit. <i>and no one will make them afraid</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 17:3 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads <i>Dramascus</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 17:3 i.e. believing Jews who return<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 17:3 i.e. <i>Syria</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 17:4 Lit. <i>On that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 17:4 Lit. <i>fat</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 17:5 Lit. <i>ears with his arm</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 17:5 Lit. <i>Giants</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 17:6 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 17:6 Or <i>harvested</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 17:6 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>among its branches</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 17:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads <i>to</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 17:8 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads <i>to</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 17:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>the product</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 17:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 17:8 i.e. images of the Babylonian-Canaanite goddess of fortune<br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 17:8 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads <i>for trees or for their abominations</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 17:9 Lit. <i>On that day,</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 17:9 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads <i>place</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 17:9 Or <i>the Hivites and Amorites</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 17:11 Lit. <i>become a pile</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 17:11 Lit. <i>and sorrow</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 17:13 So 1QIsaa MT; cf. 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