Isaiah 17:1-8 ▼

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, || And it has been a heap—a ruin.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken, || They are for droves, and they have lain down, || And there is none troubling.

3 And the fortress has ceased from Ephraim, || And the kingdom from Damascus, || And the remnant of Aram are as the glory of the sons of Israel, || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts!

4 And it has come to pass in that day, || The glory of Jacob waxes poor, || And the fatness of his flesh waxes lean.

5 And it has come to pass, || As the gathering of the standing grain by the reaper, || And his arm reaps the ears, || And it has come to pass, || As the gathering of the ears in the Valley of Rephaim,

6 And gleanings have been left in him, || As the surrounding of an olive, || Two—three berries on the top of a branch, || Four—five on the fruitful boughs, || A declaration of YHWH, God of Israel!

7 In that day man looks to His Maker, || Indeed, his eyes look to the Holy One of Israel,

8 And he does not look to the altars. The work of his own hands, || And that which his own fingers made, He does not see—the Asherim and the images.