Isaiah 17:1
A declaration about Damascus. 1
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Genesis 15:2Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
2 Kings 16:9Then the king of Assyria listened to him, and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, conquered it and carried off its people as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin the king of Aram.
2 Chronicles 28:5Therefore Yahweh the God of Ahaz gave him into the hand of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away from him a great crowd of prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also given into the hand of the king of Israel who defeated him in a great slaughter.
Isaiah 7:8because the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. 1 Within sixty-five years, Ephraim will be shattered and will no longer be a people. 1
Isaiah 10:9Is not Kalno like Carchemish? 1 Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 1
Isaiah 15:1A declaration about Moab. 1 Indeed, in one night Ar of Moab is laid waste and destroyed; 1 indeed, in one night Kir of Moab is laid waste and destroyed. 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 →