Isaiah 17:1
The massa (burden) of Damascus: 1 Hinei, Damascus is taken away from being a city, 1 and it shall be a heap of ruins. 1
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Genesis 15:2And Avram said, Adonoi Hashem, what wilt Thou give me, since I go childless, and the Ben Meshek of my Bais is this Eli'ezer of Damesek (Damascus)?
2 Kings 16:9And Melech of Ashur (Assyria) paid heed unto him; for Melech Ashur (Assyria) went up against Damascus, and captured it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slaughtered Retzin.
2 Chronicles 28:5Therefore Hashem Elohav delivered him into the yad Melech Aram; and they defeated him, and carried off a great multitude of prisoners, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the yad Melech Yisroel, who inflicted on him makkah gedolah.
Isaiah 7:8For the rosh of Aram (Syria) is Damascus, 1 and the rosh of Damascus is Retzin; 1 and within threescore and five shanah 1 shall Ephrayim be broken, that it be not a people. 1
Isaiah 10:9Is not Kalno like Karkemish? 1 Is not Chamat like Arpad? 1 Is not Shomron like Damascus? 1
Isaiah 15:1The massa (burden) of Moav: 1 Because in the lailah (night) Ar of Moav is destroyed, 1 and brought to silence; 1 because in the lailah Kir of Moav is destroyed, 1 and brought to silence; 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:1
Syria and Ephraim were confederate against Judah ( ch. vii. 1, 2 ), and, they being so closely linked together in their counsels, this chapter, though it be entitled "the burden of Damascus" (which was the head city of Syria), reads the doom of Israel too. I. The destruction of the strong cities both of Syria and Israel is here foretold, ver. 1-5 and ver. 9-11 . II. In the midst of judgment mercy is remembered to Israel, and a gracious promise made that a remnant should be preserved from the calamities and should… Read the whole commentary →