Thematic Bible
Isaiah 17:1 (show verse)
An oracle of Damascus: "Look! Damascus [will] cease being a city and will become a heap of ruins.
Isaiah 17:2 (show verse)
The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks, and they will lie down and {no one will frighten} [them].
Isaiah 17:3 (show verse)
And [the] fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and [the] kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the children of Israel," {declares} Yahweh of hosts.
Isaiah 17:4 (show verse)
"And this shall happen: On that day, the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will become lean.
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Isaiah 17:5 (show verse)
And it shall be as {when a reaper gathers} standing grain and he reaps grain [with] his arm, and it shall be like one who gathers ears of grain in the valley of Rephaim.
Agriculture » Products of » Grain
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Reaping
Grain » Grain
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Called harvest-men
Reaping » Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to
Rephaim » A valley; the boundary between the territories of judah and benjamin » The productiveness of
Giants » The valley of » Was exceedingly fruitful
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Rephaim or giants
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Reaping
Grain » Grain
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Called harvest-men
Reaping » Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to
Rephaim » A valley; the boundary between the territories of judah and benjamin » The productiveness of
Giants » The valley of » Was exceedingly fruitful
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Rephaim or giants
Isaiah 17:6 (show verse)
And gleanings will be left over in it, as {when an olive tree is beaten}, two [or] three ripe olive berries in [the] top of a branch, four [or] five on its fruitful branches," {declares} Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 17:7 (show verse)
On that day, mankind will look to its maker, and its eyes will look to the holy one of Israel;
Isaiah 17:8 (show verse)
it will not look to the altars, the work of its hands, and it will not see what its fingers made and the poles of Asherah worship and the incense altars.
Isaiah 17:9 (show verse)
On that day, {its fortified cities} will be like the {abandonment of the wooded place and the summit}, which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.
Isaiah 17:10 (show verse)
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have not remembered the rock of your refuge; therefore you plant plants of pleasantness, and you {plant} a vine of a foreigner.
Isaiah 17:11 (show verse)
On your planting day you make [them] grow, and in the morning [of] your sowing you bring [them] into bloom, [yet] the harvest will flee in a day [of] sickness and incurable pain.
Isaiah 17:12 (show verse)
Ah! [The] noise of many peoples, they make a noise like [the] noise of [the] seas! And [the] roar of nations, they roar like [the] roar of mighty waters!
Isaiah 17:13 (show verse)
[The] nations roar like [the] roar of many waters, but he will rebuke him, and he will flee far away. And they are chased like chaff of [the] mountains before [the] wind and like tumbleweed before [the] storm.
Armies » Marched » With noise and tumult
Chaff » Figurative
Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Chaff » Figurative
Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Isaiah 17:14 (show verse)
At [the] time of evening, and look, terror! Before morning he is no more. This [is] the fate of those who plunder us and [the] lot of those who plunder us.