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The abandoned cities. ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS | Ruined defenses and untroubled flocks join the oracle’s images of lost power and abandoned cities. The setting is interpretive, not a reconstruction of a named site.
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Isaiah 17:1-3

The abandoned cities

Gleanings and the storm · Isaiah 17

Story guide: ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS | Ruined defenses and untroubled flocks join the oracle’s images of lost power and abandoned cities.

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1An oracle concerning Damascus: Behold, Damascus will be removed from being a city, and it will become a heap of ruins.

2The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be for flocks, and they will lie down with no one to make them afraid.

3And the fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the sons of Israel, declares Yahweh of hosts.

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