Isaiah 17:2-4

Contemporary English Version

²The villages around Aroer^[a]
    will be deserted,
with only sheep living there
    and no one to bother them.
³Israel^[b] will lose its fortresses.
The kingdom of Damascus
    will be destroyed;
its survivors will suffer
    the same fate as Israel.
The Lord All-Powerful
    has promised this.

Sin and Suffering

⁴When that time comes,
the glorious nation of Israel
will be brought down;
its prosperous people
will be skin and bones.

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Footnotes

17.2 Aroer: Either a city near Damascus with the same name as the Moabite city or the Moabite city itself, here used as an example of what will happen to Damascus.
17.3 Israel: The Hebrew text has “Ephraim,” another name for the northern kingdom.