Isa 17 | ABEn | STEP | The word against Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall be lifted from cities, and will be for a downfall;

Isaiah 17

CHAPTER 17 The Word against Damascus

1 The word against Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall be lifted from cities, and will be for a downfall; 2 being left behind into the eon for a bed, [³for flocks ¹and ²a resting], and there will not be one pursuing. 3 And no longer shall there be a fortified place to take refuge there for Ephraim; and no longer a kingdom in Damascus, nor a remaining of the Syrians. [⁴no ¹For ²you ⁵better ³are] than the sons of Israel, even their glory; thus says the lord of Hosts. 4 It shall be in that day an end of the glory of Jacob; and the plenty of his glory shall be shaken. 5 And it shall be in which manner as if someone should gather [²harvest ¹a standing], and [²the grain ³of corn ¹should reap]; and it shall be in which manner if someone should gather corn in [²ravine ¹a solid rock]; 6 and as if [²should be left behind ³in ⁴it ¹stubble], or as [⁵stones ⁴olive ¹two ²or ³three] [²at ³the top of the tree ¹elevated], or four or five [²upon ³their tender branches ¹should be left behind]. Thus says the lord God of Israel. 7 In that day [²will be relying ¹man] upon the one who made him, and his eyes [²to ³the ⁴holy one ⁵of Israel ¹shall look]. 8 And in no way should they be relying upon the shrines, nor upon the works of their hands which they made with their fingers; and they shall not look to the trees, nor their abominations. 9 In that day [²shall be ¹your cities] abandoned, in which manner [⁶left ¹the ²Amorites ³and ⁴the ⁵Hivites] before the face of the sons of Israel; and they shall be desolate places. 10 Because you forsook the God your deliverer, even your God you remembered not. On account of this you shall plant [²plant ¹an untrustworthy], and [²seed ¹an untrustworthy]. 11 And in the day whenever you should plant, you shall be misled; but [³by morning ¹if ²you should sow] it shall bloom for a harvest in whatever day of inheritance; and as a father of a man, you shall choose by lot for your sons. 12 Woe to the multitude [²nations ¹of many]; as a sea swelling up, so you shall be disturbed; and the sound [²nations ¹of many ⁴as ⁵water ³shall sound]. 13 As [²water ¹much ⁴nations ³many]; as [²water ¹much ⁴by force ³being brought]; and he shall curse one to be far from them, and at a distance from them he shall pursue, as dust of mountains being winnowed before the wind, and as a cloud of dust [³of the wheel ²of a blast ¹being brought]. 14 Towards evening there will be mourning; before morning, and he will not be. This is the portion of the ones despoiling us, and the inheritance to the ones having inherited us.