Isaiah 17:3-5

The Voice

³    The defenses of the Northern Kingdom, Israel, will fall—
        Ephraim’s fortress walls will tumble down;
    Damascus will no longer rule itself.
        Aram—what is left of them—will resemble Israel’s fading glory.

That’s what the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, says.

⁴Eternal One: Israel will be humbled then too;
        our cousins, the children of Jacob, will lose their luster, their wealth and excess.
⁵    The land will resemble a field stripped until it is nearly bare,
        like when the harvest has come and gone,
        like the meager grain gleaned in the valley of Rephaim.