Isaiah 17:1 “This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a…”

Isaiah 17:1

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

World English Bible

The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

American Standard Version

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Geneva Bible 1599

The burden of Damascus. Beholde, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, for it shall be a ruinous heape.

Darby Translation

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Young's Literal Translation

The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap — a ruin.

Bible in Basic English

The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.

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Cross references

“A. M. cir. 3263. B.C. cir. 741. burden”

Isaiah 15:1 Isaiah 19:1

Isaiah 15:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

Isaiah 19:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

“Damascus”

Amos 1:3–5 Zechariah 9:1 Isaiah 7:8 Genesis 14:15 Jeremiah 49:23–27 Acts 9:2

Amos 1:3–5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

Zechariah 9:1 · BSB

This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD —

Isaiah 7:8 · BSB

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

Genesis 14:15 · BSB

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Jeremiah 49:23–27 · BSB

Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

Acts 9:2 · BSB

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

“Damascus is”

Isaiah 8:4 Isaiah 10:9 2 Kings 16:9

Isaiah 8:4 · BSB

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Isaiah 10:9 · BSB

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

2 Kings 16:9 · BSB

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

“a ruinous”

Isaiah 25:2 Jeremiah 49:2 Micah 1:6 Isaiah 37:26 Micah 3:12

Isaiah 25:2 · BSB

Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Jeremiah 49:2 · BSB

Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out the…

Micah 1:6 · BSB

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

Isaiah 37:26 · BSB

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Also

Isaiah 13:1

Isaiah 13:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

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