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Read Full Chapter (Isaiah 17) Isaiah 17:1-2 KJV
"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid."
Isaiah Chapter 17, Verse 1-2
Isaiah 17:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
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The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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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.
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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.