Parallel Verses
King James Version
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
New American Standard Bible
The
“Behold, Damascus is about to be
And will become a
Holman Bible
An oracle
It has become a ruined heap.
International Standard Version
A message about Damascus: "Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.
A Conservative Version
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
American Standard Version
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Amplified
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
And will become a fallen ruin.
Bible in Basic English
The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.
Darby Translation
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Julia Smith Translation
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus being taken away from a city, and it was a falling heap of rubbish.
King James 2000
The burden concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An oracle of Damascus: "Look! Damascus [will] cease being a city and will become a heap of ruins.
Modern King James verseion
The burden against Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a heap of ruins.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This is the heavy burden upon Damascus: Behold, Damascus shall be no more a city, but a heap of broken stones.
NET Bible
Here is a message about Damascus: "Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!
New Heart English Bible
The burden of Damascus: "Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
The Emphasized Bible
The oracle on Damascus, - Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:
Webster
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
World English Bible
The burden of Damascus: "Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
Youngs Literal Translation
The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from being a city, And it hath been a heap -- a ruin.
Themes
Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Damascus » Prophecies concerning
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 17:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Damascus
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.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
Isaiah 25:2
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Amos 1:3-5
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Isaiah 7:8
For 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.
Jeremiah 49:2
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:23-27
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Micah 1:6
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Acts 9:2
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
2 Kings 16:9
And 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.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles 28:23
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Isaiah 8:4
For 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 10:9
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isaiah 19:1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isaiah 37:26
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
1 Kings 11:24
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
1 Chronicles 18:5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.