KJV 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.
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Isaiah 17:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.
ASV American Standard Version
And the fortress 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 Jehovah of hosts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 17
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 shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
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וְנִשְׁבַּ֤תH7673 · sha.vatto ceaseמִבְצָר֙H4013 · miv.tsarfortificationמֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוּמַמְלָכָ֥הH4467 · mam.la.khahkingdomמִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascusוּשְׁאָ֣רH7605 · she.arremnantאֲרָ֑םH758 · a.ramAramכִּכְב֤וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryבְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelיִֽהְי֔וּH1961 · ha.yahto beנְאֻ֖םH5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָאֽוֹת׃ סH6635 · tsa.vaarmy
Cross-references
Hosea 9:11[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.Isaiah 7:16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.Isaiah 8:4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.Isaiah 7:8For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.Micah 1:4-9And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.Amos 8:14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.Hosea 13:7-8Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:Hosea 5:13-14When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.Isaiah 28:1-4Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!Hosea 1:6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.Isaiah 10:9[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:Amos 5:25-27Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?Amos 6:7-11Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.Isaiah 16:14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.
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