CHAP. XVII.
Judgments upon Damascus and
Samaria. The overthrow
of the Assyrians.
1 The burden of Damascus.
Behold Damascus
shall cease to be a city, and
shall be as a ruinous heap of
stones.
2 The cities of Aroer shall
be left for flocks, and they
shall rest there, and there shall
be none to make them afraid.
3 And aid shall cease from
Ephraim, and the kingdom
from Damascus: and the
remnant of Syria shall be as
the glory of the children of
Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.
4 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the glory of
Jacob shall be made thin, and
the fatness of his flesh shall
grow lean.
5 And it shall be as when
one gathereth in the harvest
that which remaineth, and his
arm shall gather the ears of
corn: and it shall be as he that
seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
6 And the fruit thereof that
shall be left upon it, shall be
as one cluster of grapes, and
as the shaking of the olive-tree,
two or three berries in
the top of a bough, or four
-- --
or five upon the top of the
tree, saith the Lord the God
of Israel.
7 In that day man shall
bow down himself to his
Maker, and his eyes shall look
to the holy One of Israel.
8 And he shall not look to
the altars, which his hands
made: and he shall not have
respect to the things that his
fingers wrought, such as groves
and temples of idols.
9 In that day his strong cities
shall be forsaken, as the
ploughs, and the corn note that
were left before the face of the
children of Israel, and thou
shalt be desolate.
10 Because thou hast forgotten
God thy saviour, and
hast not remembered thy strong
helper: therefore shalt thou
plant good plants, and shalt
sow strange seed.
11 In the day of thy planting
shall be the wild grape,
and in the morning thy seed
shall flourish: the harvest is
taken away in the day of inheritance,
and shall grieve thee
much.
12 Wo to note the multitude
of many people, like
the multitude of the roaring
sea: and the tumult of crowds,
like the noise of many waters.
13 Nations shall make a
noise like the noise of waters
overflowing, but he shall
rebuke them, and they shall
flee afar off: and they shall
be carried away as the dust
of the mountains before the
wind, and as a whirlwind before
a tempest.
14 In the time of the evening,
behold there shall be trouble:
the morning shall come, and
he shall not be: this is the portion
of them that have wasted
us, and the lot of them
that spoiled us.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
