Isaiah 17:3

The fortified city also shall cease from Ephrayim, 1 and the mamlechah from Damascus, 1 and the remnant of Aram (Syria); 1 they shall be like the kavod Bnei Yisroel, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

2The cities of Aro'er are deserted; 1 they shall be for adarim (flocks), 1 which shall lie down, 1 and none shall make them afraid. 1

4And in that day it shall come to pass, 1 that the kavod Ya'akov shall fade, 1 and the fatness of his basar shall waste away. 1

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Cross References

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.

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 8:4For before the na'ar shall have da'as to cry, Avi, or Immi, the chayil Damascus and the spoil of Shomron shall be carried off before Melech Ashur.

Isaiah 16:14But now Hashem hath spoken, saying, Within shalosh shanim, as the shenei sachir (years of a hired man), and the kavod Moav shall be degraded, with all that hamon harav (great multitude); and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Isaiah 28:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the ateret ge'ut (crown of pride), 1 to the shikkorei Ephrayim (drunkards of Ephrayim), 1 whose glorious beauty 1 is a fading tzitz (flower), 1 which are on the rosh of the verdant gey (valley) 1 of them that are overcome with yayin! 1

Hosea 1:6And she conceived again, and bore a bat. And G-d said unto him, Call her shem Lo-ruchamah (not pitied); for I will no more have pity upon Bais Yisroel; since I have been utterly betrayed by them. + 1:6 1K 2:10

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:2-6

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob… Read the whole commentary →

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