Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

New American Standard Bible

The oracle concerning Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city
And will become a fallen ruin.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

An oracle against Damascus:

Look, Damascus is no longer a city.
It has become a ruined heap.

International Standard Version

A message about Damascus: "Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Damascus [capital of Aram (Syria), and Israel’s defense against Assyria].

“Listen carefully, Damascus will cease to be a city
And will become a fallen ruin.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus being taken away from a city, and it was a falling heap of rubbish.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

An oracle of Damascus: "Look! Damascus [will] cease being a city and will become a heap of ruins.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

This is the heavy burden upon Damascus: Behold, Damascus shall be no more a city, but a heap of broken stones.

NET Bible

Here is a message about Damascus: "Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The oracle on Damascus, - Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

דּרמשׂק דּוּמשׂק דּמּשׂקo 
Dammeseq 
Usage: 45

דּרמשׂק דּוּמשׂק דּמּשׂקo 
Dammeseq 
Usage: 45

is taken away
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and it shall be a ruinous
מפּלה מפּלה 
Mappalah 
Usage: 3

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Oracle Of Judgment On Damascus

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They shall be for flocks, which shall lay down, and none shall make them afraid.

Cross References

Zechariah 9:1

The burden of the word of LORD upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward LORD),

Isaiah 25:2

For thou have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It shall never be built.

Amos 1:3-5

Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Isaiah 7:8

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people.

Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore, behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall pos

Jeremiah 49:23-27

Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad, for they have heard evil news. They are melted away. There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Micah 1:6

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards. And I will pour down the stones of it into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations of it.

Acts 9:2

he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, O lord LORD, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

2 Kings 16:9

And the king of Assyria hearkened to him. And the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.

2 Chronicles 28:5

Therefore LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. And they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king o

2 Chronicles 28:23

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him. And he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Isr

Isaiah 8:4

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 10:9

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

Isaiah 13:1

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing.

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, LORD rides upon a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 37:26

Have thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Micah 3:12

Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

1 Kings 11:24

And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop when David killed them [of Zobah]. And they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1 Chronicles 18:5

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to aid Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

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