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Isaiah 17:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 17 · verse 1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.Isaiah 17:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 17:1 in context
1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3The 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- DamascusDammeseqDamascus, a city of SyriaH1834 →
- ruinousmappâlâhsomething fallenH4654 →
- burdenmassâʼa burdenH4853 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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We have here the burden of Damascus; the Chaldee paraphrase reads it, The burden of the cup of the curse to drink to Damascus in; and, the ten tribes being in alliance, they must expect to pledge Damascus in this cup of trembling that is to go round. 1. Damascus itself, the head city of Syria, must be destroyed;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5