A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy(A) against Damascus:(B)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.(C)

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17 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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Proclamation Against Syria and Israel

17 The (A)burden[a] against Damascus.

“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:1 oracle, prophecy

12 The city is left in ruins,(A)
    its gate(B) is battered to pieces.

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12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

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12 In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.

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19 Though hail(A) flattens the forest(B)
    and the city is leveled(C) completely,

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19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

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19 (A)Though hail comes down (B)on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.

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13 There in the temple of the sun[a](A) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(B) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis

13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

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13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of [a]Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Lit. House of the Sun, ancient On, later called Heliopolis