The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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Isaiah 17
14 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
The cities of Aroer are forsaken ;
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken :
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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.
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.
And it shall come to pass in
that
day
, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
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.
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing
grain
, and his
arm
reapeth the ears; yea,
it shall be as when
one
gleaneth
ears in the valley of Rephaim.
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.
Yet there
shall be left therein
gleanings
, as the shaking of an olive -
tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches
of
a
fruitful tree
, saith Jehovah,
the God of Israel.
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.
In
that day shall men
look unto
their
Maker, and their
eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
At
that day shall a
man
look to
his
Maker, and his
eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
And they
shall not look to the altars, the work of their
hands ;
neither shall they
have
respect to
that which their
fingers have made, either the Asherim
, or the sun-
images.
And he
shall not look to the altars, the work of his
hands ,
neither shall respect that which his
fingers have made, either the groves
, or the images.
In that day shall their
strong cities be as the
forsaken places
in
the
wood
and on
the
mountain
top
, which were
forsaken
from
before
the children of Israel ;
and it
shall be a
desolation.
In that day shall his
strong cities be as a
forsaken bough,
and an
uppermost
branch
, which they
left
because
of
the children of Israel :
and there
shall be desolation.
For
thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength ;
therefore thou plantest
pleasant plants, and settest
it with strange slips .
Because
thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength ,
therefore shalt
thou plant
pleasant plants, and shalt
set
it with strange slips :
In the day of
thy
planting
thou hedgest
it
in
, and in the morning thou makest
thy seed to blossom;
but the harvest fleeth
away
in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
In the day shalt
thou make
thy
plant
to
grow
, and in the morning shalt
thou make
thy seed to flourish:
but the harvest shall
be
a
heap
in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Ah,
the uproar
of many peoples
, that
roar
like the roaring
of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush
like the rushing of mighty waters!
Woe
to
the multitude
of many people
, which
make
a
noise
like the noise
of the seas; and to
the rushing of nations, that make
a
rushing
like the rushing of mighty waters!
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he
shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the
whirling
dust
before the storm
.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God
shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a
rolling
thing
before the whirlwind
.
At
eventide,
behold ,
terror
; `
and '
before the morning they
are
not. This is the portion of them that despoil
us, and the lot of them that rob us.
And
behold at
eveningtide
trouble
; and before the morning he
is
not. This is the portion of them that spoil
us, and the lot of them that rob us.
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