Focused Passage
The Oracle Against Damascus, the Fading Glory of Jacob, and the Rebuke of the Raging Nations
The chapter moves from Damascus becoming a heap of ruins, to deserted cities and lost fortified strength, to Ephraim’s fading glory, to a small remnant like gleanings after harvest, to people looking to their Maker, to the rejection of man-made altars and Asherah poles, to the reason for judgment: forgetting God the Savior, and finally to the roaring nations being rebuked and driven away like chaff.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
1 This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
3 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.
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