Isaiah 17 — The Holy Bible

Isaiah 17, verse 1. The word against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus will be taken away from among cities and will fall, Isaiah 17, verse 2. abandoned forever. It shall be a fold and resting-place for sheep. No one will pursue them. Isaiah 17, verse 3. There shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus and a remnant of Syrians; for you are no better than the sons of Israel and their glory,” says the Lord of hosts. Isaiah 17, verse 4. “In that day, there shall be an eclipse of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken. Isaiah 17, verse 5. It will be as when one gathers a standing harvest and reaps ears of corn with his arm. It shall be as when one gathers heads of grain in a rich valley. Isaiah 17, verse 6. It shall be as when straw is left in it, or as when the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the uppermost bough, or as when four or five are left on their branches,” says the Lord, the God of Israel. Isaiah 17, verse 7. In that day, a man will trust in Him who made him, and his eyes will look at the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 17, verse 8. They will not trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made. They will not look to their trees, nor to their abominations. Isaiah 17, verse 9. In that day, your cities will be abandoned, as the Amorites and the Evites forsook theirs, because of the children of Israel. They will be desolate, Isaiah 17, verse 10. because you forsook God your Savior, and have not been mindful of the Lord your helper. Therefore you will be a faithless plant and a faithless seed. Isaiah 17, verse 11. In the day you plant, you will be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, it will blossom into a harvest, in which you will receive an inheritance in that day; and as a man's father, you will obtain an inheritance for your sons. Isaiah 17, verse 12. Woe to the multitude of many nations; as the swelling sea, so shall you be troubled; and the surging of many nations will sound like water, Isaiah 17, verse 13. many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently; and he will curse him and pursue him afar, as when the dust of chaff scatters before the wind, and a sudden blast of wind whirls the dust of a wheel! Isaiah 17, verse 14. Toward evening there will be mourning, and before morning, he will be no more. This is the portion of those who plundered you, and the inheritance of those who robbed you of your inheritance.