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Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,
and Damascus will lose its kingdom.[a]
The survivors in Syria
will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“At that time[b]
Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished,[c]
and he will become skin and bones.[d]
It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest,
and his hand gleans the ear of grain.
It will be like one gathering the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:3 tn Heb “and kingship from Damascus”; cf. NASB “And sovereignty from Damascus.”
  2. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
  3. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “will be tiny.”
  4. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “and the fatness of his flesh will be made lean.”