Isaiah 17:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ This is the sad message for Damascus. {\cf2\super [174]} The Lord says these things will happen to Damascus:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Common English Bible

¹ An oracle about Damascus. Look! Damascus is finished as a city; it will become a fallen ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ 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

¹ THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.

Isaiah 17:1 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 14:15

That night, he and his men made a surprise attack against the enemy. They defeated the enemy and chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “Lord God, there is nothing you can give me that will make me happy. Why? Because I have no son. So my slave Eliezer from Damascus will get all the things I own after I die.”

1 Kings 11:24

After David defeated the army of Zobah, Rezon gathered some men and became the leader of a small army. Rezon went to Damascus and stayed there. Rezon became king of Damascus.

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. The king of Assyria went to fight against Damascus. The king captured that city and took the people from Damascus as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin.

1 Chronicles 18:5

The Aramean people from the city of Damascus came to help Hadadezer. Hadadezer was the king of Zobah. But David defeated and killed 22,000 Aramean soldiers.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He offered sacrifices {\cf2\super [327]} to the gods the people of Damascus worshiped. The people of Damascus had defeated Ahaz. So he thought to himself, “The gods the people of Aram worship helped them. So if I offer sacrifices to those gods, maybe they will help me also.” Ahaz worshiped those gods. In this way he sinned, and he made the people of Israel sin.

Isaiah 10:9

The city Calno is like the city Carchemish. And the city Arpad is like the city Hamath. The city Samaria is like the city Damascus.

Isaiah 13:1

God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this sad message about Babylon.

Isaiah 15:1

This is a sad message about Moab: {\cf2\super [157]} \par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Ar, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Kir, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par

Isaiah 19:1

The sad message about Egypt: Look! The Lord is coming on a fast cloud. The Lord will enter Egypt, and all the false gods of Egypt will shake \{with fear. Egypt was brave\}, but that courage will melt away like hot wax.

Isaiah 25:2

You have destroyed the city.\par It was a city protected by strong walls.\par But now it is only a pile of rocks.\par The foreign palace has been destroyed.\par It will never be built again.\par

Isaiah 37:26

That is what you said.\}\par But haven’t you heard \{what I said\}?\par ‘I (God) planned it long ago,\par from ancient times I planned it.\par And now, I made it happen.\par I let you tear down the strong cities\par and change them into piles of rocks.\par

Isaiah 7:16

But before the child \{is old enough\}\par to learn about good and evil,\par the land of Ephraim (Israel) and Aram\par will be empty.\par

Isaiah 7:8

It will not happen while Rezin {\cf2\super [79]} is the ruler of Damascus. {\cf2\super [80]} Ephraim (Israel) is now a nation, but 65 years in the future Ephraim (Israel) will not be a nation.

Isaiah 8:4

\{Why?\} Because before the boy learns to say, ‘Mama’ and ‘Daddy,’ God will take all the wealth and riches from Damascus {\cf2\super [95]} and Samaria, {\cf2\super [96]} and God will give those things to the king of Assyria. {\cf2\super [97]} ”

Jeremiah 49:2

The Lord says,\par “The time will come in Rabbah of Ammon {\cf2\super [396]} \par when people hear the sounds of battle.\par Rabbah of Ammon will be destroyed.\par It will be an empty hill\par covered with destroyed buildings.\par And the towns around it will be burned.\par Those people forced the people of Israel\par to leave their own land.\par But later, Israel will force them to leave.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Micah 1:6

So I will change Samaria into\par a pile of rocks in the field,\par a place ready for planting grapes.\par I will push Samaria’s stones down\par into the valley, leaving nothing\par but the foundations!\par

Micah 3:12

\{Leaders,\} because of you,\par Zion {\cf2\super [45]} will be destroyed.\par It will become a plowed field.\par Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.\par Temple Mount will be an empty hill {\cf2\super [46]} overgrown with bushes.\par

Zechariah 9:1

A message from God. This is the Lord’s message against Hadrach’s country and his capital city, Damascus. “The family groups of Israel are not the only people that know about God. Everyone looks to him for help. {\cf2\super [23]}

Acts 9:2

Saul asked him to write letters to the Jews of the synagogues {\cf2\super [185]} in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way \{of Jesus\}. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 13:16

Then you must gather all the valuable things and take them to the center of the city and burn the city and everything in it. It will be a burnt offering to the Lord your God. The city must become an empty pile of rocks forever. That city must never be built again.