Isaiah 17:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Damascus Will Be Punished

17 ^(A) This is a message about Damascus:

Damascus is doomed!
    It will end up in ruins.
²The villages around Aroer^[a]
    will be deserted,
with only sheep living there
    and no one to bother them.
³Israel^[b] will lose its fortresses.
The kingdom of Damascus
    will be destroyed;
its survivors will suffer
    the same fate as Israel.
The Lord All-Powerful
    has promised this.

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Footnotes

17.2 Aroer: Either a city near Damascus with the same name as the Moabite city or the Moabite city itself, here used as an example of what will happen to Damascus.
17.3 Israel: The Hebrew text has “Ephraim,” another name for the northern kingdom.