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The burden[H4853] of Damascus[H1834]. Behold, Damascus[H1834] is taken away[H5493] from being a city[H5892], and it shall be a ruinous[H4654]heap[H4596].
2
The cities[H5892] of Aroer[H6177] are forsaken[H5800]: they shall be for flocks[H5739], which shall lie down[H7257], and none shall make them afraid[H2729].
3
The fortress[H4013] also shall cease[H7673] from Ephraim[H669], and the kingdom[H4467] from Damascus[H1834], and the remnant[H7605] of Syria[H758]: they shall be as the glory[H3519] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
4
And in that day[H3117] it shall come to pass, that the glory[H3519] of Jacob[H3290] shall be made thin[H1809], and the fatness[H4924] of his flesh[H1320] shall wax lean[H7329].
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And it shall be as when the harvestman[H7105]gathereth[H622] the corn[H7054], and reapeth[H7114] the ears[H7641] with his arm[H2220]; and it shall be as he that gathereth[H3950]ears[H7641] in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
6
Yet gleaning grapes[H5955] shall be left[H7604] in it, as the shaking[H5363] of an olive tree[H2132], two[H8147] or three[H7969]berries[H1620] in the top[H7218] of the uppermost bough[H534], four[H702] or five[H2568] in the outmost fruitful[H6509]branches[H5585] thereof, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
7
At that day[H3117] shall a man[H120]look[H8159] to his Maker[H6213], and his eyes[H5869] shall have respect[H7200] to the Holy[H6918] One of Israel[H3478].
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And he shall not look[H8159] to the altars[H4196], the work[H4639] of his hands[H3027], neither shall respect[H7200] that which his fingers[H676] have made[H6213], either the groves[H842], or the images[H2553].
9
In that day[H3117] shall his strong[H4581]cities[H5892] be as a forsaken[H5800]bough[H2793], and an uppermost branch[H534], which they left[H5800]because[H6440] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and there shall be desolation[H8077].
10
Because thou hast forgotten[H7911] the God[H430] of thy salvation[H3468], and hast not been mindful[H2142] of the rock[H6697] of thy strength[H4581], therefore shalt thou plant[H5193]pleasant[H5282]plants[H5194], and shalt set[H2232] it with strange[H2114]slips[H2156]:
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In the day[H3117] shalt thou make thy plant[H5194] to grow[H7735], and in the morning[H1242] shalt thou make thy seed[H2233] to flourish[H6524]: but the harvest[H7105] shall be a heap[H5067] in the day[H3117] of grief[H2470] and of desperate[H605]sorrow[H3511].
12Woe[H1945] to the multitude[H1995] of many[H7227]people[H5971], which make a noise[H1993] like the noise[H1993] of the seas[H3220]; and to the rushing[H7588] of nations[H3816], that make a rushing[H7582] like the rushing[H7582] of mighty[H3524]waters[H4325]!
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The nations[H3816] shall rush[H7582] like the rushing[H7588] of many[H7227]waters[H4325]: but God shall rebuke[H1605] them, and they shall flee[H5127] far off[H4801], and shall be chased[H7291] as the chaff[H4671] of the mountains[H2022]before[H6440] the wind[H7307], and like a rolling thing[H1534]before[H6440] the whirlwind[H5492].
14
And behold at eveningtide[H6256]trouble[H1091]; and before the morning[H1242] he is not. This is the portion[H2506] of them that spoil[H8154] us, and the lot[H1486] of them that rob[H962] us.