Isa 17:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- Isaiah 17:1-8 (NET)

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The Lord Will Judge Damascus

17:1 Here is a message about Damascus: “Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins! 17:2 The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace. 17:3 Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,” says the Lord who commands armies. 17:4 “At that time Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones. 17:5 It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. 17:6 There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten– two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches,” says the Lord God of Israel. 17:7 At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel. 17:8 They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Aroer a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah

· Damascus a city-state in Syria, located near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS),a town near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS)

· Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

· Rephaim a tall ancient people in the land east of the Jordan,a fertile valley on the boundary of Judah and Benjamin (OS)

· Syria the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia

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NET Notes: Isa 17:2 Heb “and they lie down and there is no one scaring [them].”

NET Notes: Isa 17:3 Heb “and kingship from Damascus”; cf. NASB “And sovereignty from Damascus.”

NET Notes: Isa 17:4 Heb “and the fatness of his flesh will be made lean.”

NET Notes: Isa 17:7 See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

NET Notes: Isa 17:8 Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”

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