Isaiah 17:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A pronouncement  concerning Damascus: Look, Damascus is no longer a city. It has become a ruined heap.

Cross References

Zechariah 9:1

A pronouncement: The word of the  Lord is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus  is its resting place – for the eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel are on the  Lord    –

Isaiah 25:2

For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city into ruins; the fortress of barbarians  is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.

Acts 9:2

and requested letters  from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way,  he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Micah 1:6

Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins  in the countryside, a planting area  for a vineyard. I will roll her stones  into the valley and expose her foundations.

Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore look, the days are coming   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – when I will make the shout of battle   heard against Rabbah  of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Israel will dispossess their dispossessors, says the Lord.

Isaiah 7:8

The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin (within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),

Genesis 14:15

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.

Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 19:1

A pronouncement  concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.

Isaiah 15:1

A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.

Isaiah 13:1

A pronouncement  concerning Babylon  that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

Isaiah 10:9

Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria  like Damascus?

Isaiah 8:4

for before the boy knows how to call “Father”, or “Mother”,  the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.’

2 Chronicles 28:23

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, ‘Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.’  But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:5

So the Lord his God handed Ahaz over  to the king of Aram. He attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with great force:

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria listened to him  and marched up to Damascus and captured it.  He deported its people to Kir  but put Rezin to death.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, ‘Lord God, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ’

1 Chronicles 18:5

When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah,  David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

1 Kings 11:24

and gathered men to himself. He became leader of a raiding party when David killed the Zobaites. He  went to Damascus,  lived there, and became king in Damascus.

Deuteronomy 13:16

You are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city square and completely burn the city and all its spoil for the Lord your God. The city is to remain a mound of ruins for ever;  it is not to be rebuilt.

Isaiah 7:16

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.