Isaiah 17:1-8 ▼

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

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They shall be for flocks, Which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus; And the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, Saith the LORD of hosts.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, That the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, And the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, And reapeth the ears with his arm; Yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears In the valley of Rephaim.

6 Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, As at the beating of an olive-tree, Two or three berries In the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in the branches of the fruitful tree, Saith the LORD, the God of Israel.

7 In that day shall a man regard his Maker, And his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not regard the altars, The work of his hands, Neither shall he look to that which his fingers have made, Either the Asherim, or the sun-images.