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Bible in Basic English
The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.
New American Standard Bible
The
“Behold, Damascus is about to be
And will become a
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
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.
A Conservative Version
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall 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.
Amplified
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
And will become a fallen ruin.
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.
Themes
Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Damascus » Prophecies concerning
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 17:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Damascus
1 The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place. 2 Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:1
A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,
Isaiah 25:2
For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
Amos 1:3-5
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.
Genesis 14:15
And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):
Jeremiah 49:2
Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:23-27
About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.
Micah 1:6
So I will make Samaria into a field and the plantings of a vine-garden: I will send its stones falling down into the valley, uncovering its bases.
Acts 9:2
And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
2 Kings 16:9
And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
2 Chronicles 28:5
So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.
2 Chronicles 28:23
For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.
Isaiah 8:4
For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 10:9
Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 13:1
The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
Isaiah 15:1
The word about Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer; for in a night Kir of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer.
Isaiah 19:1
The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.
Isaiah 37:26
Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
Micah 3:12
For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.
1 Kings 11:24
He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.
1 Chronicles 18:5
And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.