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Her cities will be deserted for ever;[a]
    they will be for flocks,
    which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
The fortress will disappear from E′phraim,
    and the kingdom from Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
    like the glory of the children of Israel,
                says the Lord of hosts.

And in that day
    the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
    and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:2 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the cities of Aroer are deserted

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

“In that day(H) the glory(I) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste(J) away.

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