Isa 17:1-3 | NASB2020 | STEP | The pronouncement concerning Damascus : “ Behold , Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin .

Isaiah 17:1-3

Prophecy about Damascus

1 The ^apronouncement concerning ^bDamascus:

“Behold, Damascus is about to be ^cremoved from being a city
And will become a ^dfallen ruin.
2 “The cities ^{▼▼LXX forever and ever}of ^fAroer are abandoned;
They will be for ^gherds ^{▼▼Lit and they will lie down}to lie down in,
And there will be ⁱno one to frighten them.
3 “The ^{▼▼Or fortification
,} ^kfortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
And ^{▼▼Or royal power}sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the ^mglory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord of armies.