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The cities of Oraru[a] will be deserted—
    they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest,
        and terrorism will be no more.[b]
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal authority from Damascus;[c]
the survivors[d] from Aram[e] will be like the glory of the Israelis,”
    declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

A Time of Weakness for Israel

“At that time,[f] Jacob’s glory will have become weakened,
    and his strong[g] flesh will turn gaunt;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Aroer, a pun on the Heb. word for ruins; LXX reads forever
  2. Isaiah 17:2 Lit. and no one will make them afraid
  3. Isaiah 17:3 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Dramascus
  4. Isaiah 17:3 I.e. believing Jews who return
  5. Isaiah 17:3 I.e. Syria
  6. Isaiah 17:4 Lit. On that day
  7. Isaiah 17:4 Lit. fat