Verse 3
Isaiah 17:3
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The strong tower has gone from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: the rest of Aram will come to destruction, and be made like the glory of the children of Israel, says the Lord of armies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִשְׁבַּ֤ת מִבְצָר֙ מֵֽ/אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּ/מַמְלָכָ֥ה מִ/דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר אֲרָ֑ם כִּ/כְב֤וֹד בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִֽהְי֔וּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת
English Translation
And he swore from the fortress of Ephraim and from the kingdom of Damascus and the rest of Aram, "As the glory of the sons of Israel shall be," says the Lord of Hosts.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.
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2
Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
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3
The strong tower has gone from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: the rest of Aram will come to...
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And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body...
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5
And it will be like a man cutting the growth of his grain, pulling together the heads of the grain w...
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But it will be like a man shaking an olive-tree, something will still be there, two or three berries...
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7
In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
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He will not be looking to the altars, the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-im...
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9
In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the child...
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10
For you have not given honour to the God (Elohim) of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the R...
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11
In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering...
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12
Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations ru...
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13
But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of...
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14
In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take o...
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