Isaiah 17:1-5
1
An Oracle Against Damascus
An oracle concerning Damascus:
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
2
The cities of Aroer will be deserted
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
3
The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory of the Israelites,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
4
“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste away.
5
It will be as when a reaper gathers the standing grain
and harvests the grain with his arm—
as when a man gleans heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.