Isaiah 17:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The fortress shall vanish from Ephraim and dominion from Damascus; The remnant of Aram shall become like the glory of the Israelites— oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to him and moved against Damascus, captured it, deported its inhabitants to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

2 Kings 17:6

In Hoshea’s ninth year, the king of Assyria took Samaria, deported the Israelites to Assyria, and settled them in Halah, and at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Isaiah 10:9

“Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?

Isaiah 16:14

But now the Lord speaks: In three years, like the years of a hired laborer, the glory of Moab shall be empty despite all its great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and weak.

Isaiah 17:4

On that day The glory of Jacob shall fade, and his full body shall grow thin.

Isaiah 25:2

For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt.

Isaiah 7:16

for before the child learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted.

Isaiah 7:8

The head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin;

Isaiah 8:4

for before the child learns to say, “My father, my mother,” the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria. The Choice: The Lord or Assyria.

Hosea 1:4

Then the Lord said to him: Give him the name “Jezreel,” for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed at Jezreel and bring to an end the kingdom of the house of Israel;

Hosea 1:6

She conceived again and bore a daughter. The Lord said to him: Give her the name “Not-Pitied,” for I will no longer feel pity for the house of Israel: rather, I will utterly abhor them.

Hosea 10:14

The clamor of war shall break out among your people and all your fortresses shall be ravaged As Salman ravaged Beth-arbel on the day of war, smashing mothers along with their children.

Hosea 3:4

For the Israelites will remain many days without king or prince, Without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household gods.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like a useless vessel.

Hosea 9:11

Ephraim is like a bird: their glory flies away— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashima of Samaria, and who say, “By the life of your god, O Dan,” “By the life of the Power of Beer-sheba!” They shall fall, never to rise again.