And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.
Isaiah 17:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A pronouncement concerning Damascus: Look, Damascus is no longer a city. It has become a ruined heap. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Damascus [capital of Syria, and Israel's bulwark against Assyria]. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. American Standard Version (1901) The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Common English Bible An oracle about Damascus. Look! Damascus is finished as a city; it will become a fallen ruin. Catholic Public Domain Version The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and it will be like a heap of stones in ruin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones. |
And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.
But Abram said, ‘Lord God, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ’
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.
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.
When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.
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.
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:
Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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),
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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 –
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.
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.