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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Isaiah 17:3

Damascus. Their too great union proved their ruin. Sennacherib took Damascus, as Salmanasar had done Samaria.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 17:3. _THE REMNANT OF SYRIA _- "The pride of Syria."] For שאר _shear_, "remnant," _Houbigant_ reads שאת _seeth_, "pride," answering, as the sentence seems evidently to require, to כבוד _c...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE FORTRESS - The strong place of defense; the fortified place. SHALL CEASE - Shall come to an end; shall cease to be, for so the word שׁבת _shâbath_ is often used, Genesis 8:22; Isaiah 24:8;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ORACLE ON DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL. In spite of the title this prophecy deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned after Isaiah 17:3. The close connexion of the two suggests that th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CHILDREN. sons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fate of Damascus....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The fortress also … Ephraim_ Perhaps: AND THE BULWARK SHALL BE REMOVED FROM EPHRAIM, meaning the kingdom of Damascus, which had been like a breakwater, sheltering Israel from the Assyrian onslaught....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, DAMASCUS IS TAKEN AWAY— We have here the sentence of the divine judgment upon Damascus; wherein are four penal judgments to be inflicted upon that state. The _first_ is the overthrow of Damasc...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 2. DAMASCUS a. COALITION TEXT: Isaiah 17:1-6 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THE FORTRESS ALSO...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENT ON SYEIA AND ISRAEL This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ruin not only of Syria, but also of Ephraim, i.e. the ki...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND THE REMNANT, etc.] RM 'and the remnant of Syria shall be as,' etc. AS THE GLORY] explained in Isaiah 13:4, where it is shown that the glory of Israel shall pass away. 4-6. By three separate figure...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Both Syria and Israel will lose their defences. ISRAEL’S FATE V4 When the time comes for God to act, Israel will lose its greatness. V5 The land of Israel will be as empty as a field after workers...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נִשְׁבַּ֤ת מִבְצָר֙ מֵֽ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּ מַמְ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The fortress also shall cease from (d) Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the (e) glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. (d) It seem...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Damascus was the chief city of Syria; and in how many instances the Assyrians distressed the Church of God, the Old Testament history hath largely recorded. It is most instructive to observe, as we pr...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._The fortress shall cease. _(4) He points out the reason why the Lord determines to cut off the kingdom of Syria. Amos (Amos 1:3) enumerates additional reasons, but the most important was that which...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE FORTRESS ALSO SHALL CEASE FROM EPHRAIM,.... The ten tribes, now in confederacy with the Syrians, whose metropolis or fortress was Samaria, which seems to be intended here; and should be destroyed,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 3. _The fortre...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim_ The meaning may be, that Damascus being destroyed, that fortress or protection, in which the Ephraimites had placed their confidence, should be taken; or,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, since its fortified cities would be taken, AND THE KINGDOM FROM DAMASCUS AND THE REMNANT OF SYRIA, so that both of them would no longer rank as independent...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE FORTRESS; either Samaria, their chief fortress; or all their fortress or strong holds, the singular number being put for the plural; or all their strength and glory, which answers to the kingdom i...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 17:3 fortress H4013 cease H7673 (H8738) Ephraim H669 kingdom H4467 Damascus H1834 remnant H7605 Syria H758 glory

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INITIAL DECLARATION CONCERNING SYRIA (INCORPORATING ISRAEL) (ISAIAH 17:1) Analysis. · The Burden of Damascus. “Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap (Isaiah...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of Syria and Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It is our forgetfulness of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of Damascus. .. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim_ THE ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL The curse pronounced upon it [Damascene-Syria] falls also upon the kingdom of Israel...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Is

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:3 LIKE THE GLORY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. See vv. Isaiah 17:4....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threat...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:6; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:9; Amos 5:25;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The fortress — All their fortresses; the singular number being put for the plural. Remnant — The remainders of Damascus and Syria shall be an headless body, a people without a king. Of Israel — Syria...

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