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The fort cities of Ephraim will be destroyed.
    The government in Damascus will be finished.
Those left in Aram will lose everything,
    just like the people of Israel,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

“At that time Jacob’s wealth will all be gone.
    Yes, Israel will be like a sick man who has become weak and thin.

“That time will be like the grain harvest in Rephaim Valley.[a] The workers gather the plants that grow in the field. Then they cut the heads of grain from the plants and collect the grain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:5 Rephaim Valley A valley southwest of Jerusalem.

The fortified(A) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory(B) of the Israelites,”(C)
declares the Lord Almighty.

“In that day(D) the glory(E) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste(F) away.
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering(G) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(H)
    in the Valley of Rephaim.(I)

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