a17:1–20:6
b36–37
c17:1

‏ Isaiah 17:1

Summary for Isa 17:1-20:6: 17:1–20:6  a This section contains prophecies of judgment against Damascus, Israel, Ethiopia, and Egypt. The scene moves from the crisis of 734 BC (the alliance of Syria and Israel—see study note on 7:1-25) to the Assyrian crisis in 701 BC (see chs 36–37  b). 17:1  c Damascus, the ringleader in the alliance of Syria and Israel against Judah, fell when the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III invaded in 732 BC.
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