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| 17:1 | The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. |
| 17:2 | The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. |
| 17:3 | The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 17:4 | And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. |
| 17:5 | And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 17:6 | Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. |
| 17:7 | At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 17:8 | And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. |
| 17:9 | In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. |
| 17:10 | Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: |
| 17:11 | In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. |
| 17:12 | Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! |
| 17:13 | The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. |
| 17:14 | And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. |
| 17:1 | The burden of Damascus. Beholde, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, for it shall be a ruinous heape. |
| 17:2 | The cities of Aroer shall be forsaken: they shall be for the flockes: for they shall lye there, and none shall make them afraide. |
| 17:3 | The munition also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdome from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, sayeth the Lord of hostes. |
| 17:4 | And in that day the glorie of Iaakob shall be impouerished, and the fatnes of his flesh shalbe made leane. |
| 17:5 | And it shalbe as when the haruest man gathereth the corne, and reapeth the eares with his arme, and he shall be as he that gathereth the eares in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 17:6 | Yet a gathering of grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an oliue tree, two or three beries are in the top of the vpmost boughes, and foure or fiue in the hie branches of the fruite thereof, sayeth the Lord God of Israel. |
| 17:7 | At that day shall a man looke to his maker, and his eyes shall looke to the holy one of Israel. |
| 17:8 | And hee shall not looke to the altars, the workes of his owne hands, neither shall he looke to those thinges, which his owne fingers haue made, as groues and images. |
| 17:9 | In that day shall the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughes and branches, which they did forsake, because of the children of Israel, and there shall be desolation. |
| 17:10 | Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy saluation, and hast not remembred the God of thy strength, therefore shalt thou set pleasant plantes, and shalt graffe strange vine branches: |
| 17:11 | In the day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seede to florish: but the haruest shall be gone in the day of possession, and there shalbe desperate sorrowe. |
| 17:12 | Ah, the multitude of many people, they shall make a sounde like the noyse of the sea: for the noyse of the people shall make a sounde like the noyse of mightie waters. |
| 17:13 | The people shall make a sounde like the noise of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the winde, and as a rolling thing before the whirlewinde. |
| 17:14 | And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs. |
| 17:1 | Thys is the heuye burthen vpon Damascus: Beholde, Damascus is taken awaye, to be nomore a citye, but shalbe an heape of broken stones. |
| 17:2 | The waste cityes of Aroer shalbe foldes for catel which shal lye there, and there shalbe none to fraye them awaye |
| 17:3 | Ephraim also shall nomore be strong, & Damascus shall nomore be a kyngdome, & the remnaunt of Syria shalbe as the glorye of the children of Israel, sayeth the Lord of hostes. |
| 17:4 | And in that daye it shal come to passe that Iacob shalbe made very poore, & the fatnesse of hys fleshe shall waxe leane. |
| 17:5 | And he shalbe as one that gathereth vp corne in haruest, euen lyke him whose arme reapeth the eares of corne. He shalbe also lyke hym that gathereth eares of corne in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 17:6 | Some gathering in dede shal there be left in it, euen as in the shakyng of an olyue tre there remayne two or thre beryes in the toppe of the vppermost bowe, & foure or fyue in the brode frutefull braunches therof, sayeth the Lorde God of Israel. |
| 17:7 | Then shall man turne agayne to his maker, & his eyes shall haue respecte to the holy one of Israel. |
| 17:8 | As for the altares which are his awne handy worke, he shal not regarde them, & the thynges that his fyngers haue made (as groues & ymages) those shall he not cast his eye vnto. |
| 17:9 | In that daye shal their strong cities be as the forsaken shrubbes & braunches, which they left because of the children of Israel, & the londe shalbe desolate. |
| 17:10 | Because thou hast forgotten God thy saluacion, and hast not bene myndefull of thy strong rock, therfore shalt thou set pleasaunt plantes, & shalt graffe the braunche of another mans vyne. |
| 17:11 | In the daye shalt thou make thy plant to growe, & early in the mornynge shalt thou make thy sede to florish. The haruest shalbe gone in the daye of enheritaunce, & there shalbe sorowe without hope of comforte. |
| 17:12 | Wo shalbe to the multitude of moche people, which shall make a sounde lyke the noyse of the see: And the violence of the nacions, which shal rage lyke the russhyng in of many waters: |
| 17:13 | Euen lyke many waters shall the people rage. God shall rebuke him, and he shal flye farre of. He shalbe chaced awaye lyke as drye strawe vpon the mountaynes before the wynde, and lyke a thing that turneth before the storme. |
| 17:14 | At euen beholde, there is trouble: & or euer it be mornyng, lo, he is gone. This is the porcyon of them that oppresse vs, and the lott of them that robbe vs. |
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