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There will be no strong cities in Ephraim.[a] No king will rule in Damascus. The few people who remain in Syria are no longer great, like Israel's people!’

That is what the Lord Almighty says.

‘At that time, Israel will no longer be great. It will be like a rich, fat person who becomes weak and hungry.

Israel will be like a field of grain in Rephaim valley after the harvest. The workers have cut down the crops. They have picked up the grain from the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 Ephraim was the Israelite kingdom in the north.