Isaiah 17:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

Isaiah 10:9

Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Isaiah 16:14

But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

Isaiah 17:4

And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.

Isaiah 25:2

For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.

Isaiah 7:16

For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

Isaiah 7:8

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people:

Isaiah 8:4

For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.

Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

Hosea 1:6

And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.

Hosea 10:14

So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.

Hosea 3:4

For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.

Hosea 8:8

Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.

Hosea 9:11

As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

Amos 8:14

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.