1The burdenof Damascus. Behold, Damascusis taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinousheap. 2The citiesof Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3The fortressalso shall ceasefrom Ephraim, and the kingdomfrom Damascus, and the remnantof Syria: they shall be as the gloryof the childrenof Israel, saiththe LORDof hosts.
4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the gloryof Jacobshall be made thin, and the fatnessof his fleshshall wax lean. 5And it shall be as when the harvestmangathereththe corn, and reapeththe earswith his arm; and it shall be as he that gatherethearsin the valleyof Rephaim. 6Yet gleaning grapesshall be leftin it, as the shakingof an olive tree, two or threeberriesin the topof the uppermost bough, four or fivein the outmost fruitfulbranchesthereof, saiththe LORDGodof Israel.
7At that dayshall a manlookto his Maker, and his eyesshall have respectto the HolyOne of Israel. 8And he shall not lookto the altars, the workof his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingershave made, either the groves, or the images.
9In that dayshall his strongcitiesbe as a forsakenbough, and an uppermost branch, which they leftbecauseof the childrenof Israel: and there shall be desolation. 10Because thou hast forgottenthe Godof thy salvation, and hast not been mindfulof the rockof thy strength, therefore shalt thou plantpleasantplants, and shalt setit with strangeslips: 11In the dayshalt thou make thy plantto grow, and in the morningshalt thou make thy seedto flourish: but the harvest shall be a heapin the dayof griefand of desperatesorrow. 12Woeto the multitudeof manypeople, which make a noiselike the noiseof the seas; and to the rushingof nations, that make a rushing like the rushingof mightywaters! 13The nationsshall rushlike the rushingof manywaters: but God shall rebukethem, and they shall fleefar off, and shall be chasedas the chaffof the mountainsbeforethe wind, and like a rolling thingbeforethe whirlwind.
14And behold at eveningtidetrouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portionof them that spoilus, and the lotof them that rob us.
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