1 GLT An oracle for Damascus: Behold, Damascus, will cease from{ being} a city, And it will be a heap of ruins. BSB BSB: This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
2 GLT The cities of Aroer{ will be} abandoned. They will be for flocks, and they will lie down{ there}, and no one will frighten{ them}. BSB BSB: The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
3 GLT And forts will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram, they will be like the glory of the sons of Israel— the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. BSB BSB: The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
4 GLT And it will happen on that day, the glory of Jacob will become thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean. BSB BSB: “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
5 GLT And it will be as a harvester gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the heads of grain. And it will be as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. BSB BSB: as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
6 GLT And gleanings will be left in it, as{ when} the olive tree is shaken: two{ or} three berries in the top of the bough, four{ or} five in the fruitful branches— the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel. BSB BSB: Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
7 GLT On that day man will gaze at his Maker, and his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. BSB BSB: In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
8 GLT And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands and which his fingers have made. He will not look to the Asherah poles or the sun images. BSB BSB: They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
9 GLT On that day his strong cities will be like the abandoned forests and summits which were forsaken because of the faces of the sons of Israel. And it will be a desolation. BSB BSB: In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
10 GLT For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and the rock of your strength you did not remember. So you plant plants of a foreign god, and sow vines of a stranger; BSB BSB: For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
11 GLT on the day you plant, it will increase, and in the morning your seed will grow,{ but} the harvest{ will become} a heap on the afflicted day, and{ there will be} grievous pain. BSB BSB: though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
12 GLT Woe! The uproar of many peoples— like the roaring of the seas they roar. And the rumble of nations— like the rumbling of mighty waters they rumble! BSB BSB: Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
13 GLT The nations like the rumbling of many waters will rumble, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, and they will be chased before the face of the wind like chaff on the mountains, and like weeds whirling before the face of the whirlwind. BSB BSB: The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
14 GLT For the time of evening, behold, terror! Before the morning they will be gone! This{ is} the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who rob us. BSB BSB: In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
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