Bible verse

Isaiah 17:1

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 17:1 · BSB

Isaiah 17:1 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 17.

1 This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

5 as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Isaiah 17:1 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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