Isa 17
1 The Word against Damascus
The word against Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall be lifted from cities, and will be for a downfall;
2being left behind into the eon for a bed, [
3for flocks
1and
2a resting], and there will not be one pursuing.
3And no longer shall there be a fortified place to take refuge there for Ephraim; and no longer a kingdom in Damascus, nor a remaining of the Syrians. [
4no
1For
2you
5better
3are]
than the sons of Israel, even their glory; thus says
the LORD of Hosts.
4It shall be in that day an end of the glory of Jacob; and the plenty of his glory shall be shaken.
5And it shall be in which manner as if someone should gather [
2harvest
1a standing], and [
2the grain
3of corn
1should reap]; and it shall be in which manner if someone should gather corn in [
2ravine
1a solid
rock];
6and as if [
2should be left behind
3in
4it
1stubble], or as [
5stones
4olive
1two
2or
3three] [
2at
3the top
of the tree 1elevated], or four or five [
2upon
3their tender branches
1should be left behind]. Thus says
the LORD God of Israel.
7 In that day [
2will be relying
1man] upon the one who made him, and his eyes [
2to
3the
4holy one
5of Israel
1shall look].
8And in no way should they be relying upon the shrines, nor upon the works of their hands which they made with their fingers; and they shall not look to the trees, nor their abominations.
9 In that day [
2shall be
1your cities] abandoned, in which manner [
6left
1the
2Amorites
3and
4the
5Hivites] before
the face of the sons of Israel; and they shall be desolate
places.
10Because you forsook the God your deliverer, even your God you remembered not. On account of this you shall plant [
2plant
1an untrustworthy], and [
2seed
1an untrustworthy].
11And in the day whenever you should plant, you shall be misled; but [
3by morning
1if
2you should sow] it shall bloom for a harvest in whatever day of inheritance; and as a father of a man, you shall choose by lot for your sons.
12Woe
to the multitude [
2nations
1of many]; as a sea swelling up, so you shall be disturbed; and
the sound [
2nations
1of many
4as
5water
3shall sound].
13As [
2water
1much
4nations
3many]; as [
2water
1much
4by force
3being brought]; and he shall curse one to be far from them, and at a distance from them he shall pursue, as dust of mountains being winnowed before
the wind, and as a cloud of dust [
3of
the wheel
2of a blast
1being brought].
14Towards evening there will be mourning; before morning, and he will not be. This
is the portion of the ones despoiling us, and
the inheritance to the ones having inherited us.