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A message about Damascus

17 This is a message about Damascus:

‘Look! Damascus is no longer a city! It has become a heap of stones.

Nobody lives in the cities of Aroer. Sheep and goats can safely go there to eat. They can lie down there and nobody will chase them away. 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.

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Footnotes

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

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)
The cities of Aroer(D) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,(E) which will lie down,(F)
    with no one to make them afraid.(G)
The fortified(H) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory(I) of the Israelites,”(J)
declares the Lord Almighty.

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