The Damascus Prophecy

Isaiah 17

(lightly paraphrased ~ Dusty)

Damascus shall cease to be a city; it shall become a heap of ruins. The towns of Aroer shall be deserted; they shall be a place for flocks to lie down with nothing to disturb them.

Fortresses shall cease from Ephraim (Aram), and sovereignty from Damascus; the remnant of Aram shall become like the mass of Israelites.

In that day the mass of Jacob shall dwindle, and the fatness of his body becomes lean: after being like the standing grain harvested by the reaper who reaps ears by the armful - he shall be like the ears that are gleaned in the Valley of Rephaim.

In that day men shall turn to their Maker, looking to the Set Apart One of Israel. They shall not turn to the pagan altars or look to the sacred posts and incense stands made by their own hands. In that day their cities will be deserted and there shall be desolation.

Truly you have forgotten the Elohim who saves you and have not remembered the Rock who shelters you...

Isaiah 18

Go, swift messengers, to a nation far and remote, to a people thrust forth; a nation of gibber and chatter; whose land is cut off by streams - say this: All you who live in the world and inhabit the earth, when a flag is raised in the hills, take note! When a ram's horn is blown, give heed! Yah said, "I rest calm and confident in My habitation. Before the harvest yet after the budding, when the blossom has hardened into berries, He will trim away the twigs and lop off the trailing branches (a figure of speech used for the defeated enemy). In that time tribute shall be brought to Yahweh from a people far and remote, from a people thrust forth and away - a nation of gibber and chatter, whose land is cut off by streams - where the name of Yahweh Elohim abides, at Mount Zion.

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Quote from The End Time blog: 

Damascus is the longest continuously inhabited city in the world. It has been inhabited as a city for 5000 years. It is one of the first cities mentioned in the bible. Before Abram was Abraham, when Jerusalem was still Salem, Damascus is mentioned (Genesis 14:15). As we know, Damascus is the capital of the Arab country of Syria and about 130 miles northeast of Jerusalem. (end quote)

Quote: Barnes Notes explains, "Ephraim was the name given to the northern kingdom of Israel, or to the ten tribes, because Ephraim was the largest of the ten, and was a leading tribe in their councils. Ephraim, or the kingdom of Samaria, is mentioned here in connection with Damascus or Syria, because they were confederated together, and would be involved in the same overthrow." 

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