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Themes in Isaiah 17

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Themes in Isaiah 17

Isaiah 17:1 (show verse)

The

oracle concerning Damascus.

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

Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Damascus » Prophecies concerning
Prophets » Were sent to » Predict the downfall of nations
Syria » Prophecies concerning
Syria » Prophecies respecting » Ceasing to be a kingdom

Isaiah 17:2 (show verse)

“The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to frighten them.

Damascus » Prophecies concerning
Syria » Prophecies concerning
Syria » Prophecies respecting » Ceasing to be a kingdom

Isaiah 17:3 (show verse)

“The

fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,

And sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.

Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
Fortresses » Often » Destruction of, threatened
Syria » Prophecies concerning
Syria » Prophecies respecting » Ceasing to be a kingdom

Isaiah 17:4 (show verse)

Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade,
And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

No Themes for this verse.

Isaiah 17:5 (show verse)

It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain,
As his arm harvests the ears,
Or it will be like one gleaning 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

Isaiah 17:6 (show verse)

Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives on the topmost bough,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

Gleaning » Figurative
Olive » Precepts concerning gleaning the fruit of
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe

Isaiah 17:7 (show verse)

In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

Backsliders » Return of
Groves » God promised to wean israel from
Idolatry » Prophecies relating to

Isaiah 17:8 (show verse)

He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,
Even the

Asherim and incense stands.

Groves » Forbidden to be established
Groves » God promised to wean israel from
Idolatry » Prophecies relating to
false Worship » Idolatry » Prophecies concerning the overthrow of

Isaiah 17:9 (show verse)

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And the land will be a desolation.

Cities » Were frequently » Depopulated

Isaiah 17:10 (show verse)

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.

Backsliders » Instances of » Syrians
Forgetfulness » Fate of those guilty of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Forgetting God » Threatened
Forgetting God » Fate of those guilty of
Harvest » Failure of » A punishment for sin
Rock » Figurative
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people

Isaiah 17:11 (show verse)

In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will be a heap
In a day of sickliness and incurable pain.

Backsliders » Instances of » Syrians
Famine » Described
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Harvest » Sins » Disappointing
Harvest » Failure of » A punishment for sin
Sin » Harvest of » Disappointing
Sins » Harvest » Disappointing
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Disappointing

Isaiah 17:12 (show verse)

Alas, the uproar of many peoples

Who roar like the roaring of the seas,

And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!

Armies » Marched » With noise and tumult

The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.

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

Isaiah 17:14 (show verse)

At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning they are no more.

Such will be the portion of those who plunder us

And the lot of those who pillage us.

death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
The wicked » Death of