Thematic Bible
Isaiah 17:1 (show verse)
Here is a message about Damascus: "Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!
Isaiah 17:2 (show verse)
The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.
Isaiah 17:3 (show verse)
Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites," says the Lord who commands armies.
Isaiah 17:4 (show verse)
"At that time Jacob's splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones.
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Isaiah 17:5 (show verse)
It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the 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)
There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten -- two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches," says the Lord God of Israel.
Isaiah 17:7 (show verse)
At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 17:8 (show verse)
They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.
Isaiah 17:9 (show verse)
At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.
Isaiah 17:10 (show verse)
For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.
Isaiah 17:11 (show verse)
The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.
Isaiah 17:12 (show verse)
The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea's waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.
Isaiah 17:13 (show verse)
Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong 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
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)
In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!