Isaias

14 And now the LORD hath spoken, saying: Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all the great multitude; and the. remnant shall be small, little, not strong.

XVII. 1 The burden of Damascus.

Behold, Damascus is removed from (being) a city, and be- cometh a heap, a ruin.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, and they shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 And the fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of Hosts.

4 And it shall be in that day, the glory of ’Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman graspeth the standing Corn, and his arm reapeth the ears 3 and it shall be as one that gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

6 And there shall be left therein gleanings, as at the beating of an olive tree, two or three berries at the top of a crest, four or five in the fruit ’s branches, saith the LORD God of Israel.

7 In that day shall (a) man look toward -his Maker, and his eyes shall gaze upon the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall gaze upon what his fingers made, either the Asherim or the sun-images.

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract of -the woodland and the mountain crest, which men forsook from before the children of Israel 5 and there shall be a desolation.

10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest plants of pleasantness, and settest them with slips of a stranger;