Isaiah 17:1-8 ▼

1 A message about Damascus: |Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.

2 The cities of Oraru will be deserted— they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest, and terrorism will be no more.

3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and royal authority from Damascus; the survivors from Aram will be like the glory of the Israelis,| declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

4 |At that time, Jacob's glory will have become weakened, and his strong flesh will turn gaunt;

5 it will be as if harvesters gather standing grain, reaping the ears by hand, or it will be as if grain is harvested in the valley of Rephaim.

6 Nevertheless, gleanings will remain in Israel, as when an olive tree is beaten— two or three ripe olives left in the topmost branches, four or five left among the branches of a fruit-filled tree,| declares the LORD God of Israel.

7 At that time, men will look upon their Maker, and their eyes will honor the Holy One of Israel.

8 They will not look upon the altars, the products that their own fingers have made, and they will have no regard for Asherah poles or incense altars.