Isaiah 17  Christian Standard Bible

Look, Damascus is no longer a city.
It has become a ruined heap.
² The cities of Aroer are abandoned;
they will be places for flocks.
They will lie down without fear.

⁴ On that day
the splendor of Jacob will fade,
and his healthy body^[a] will become emaciated.^(D)
5 It will be as if a reaper had gathered standing grain—
his arm harvesting the heads of grain—
and as if one had gleaned heads of grain
in Rephaim Valley.^(E)

⁹ On that day their strong cities will be
like the abandoned woods and mountaintops
that were abandoned because of the Israelites;
there will be desolation.

¹² Ah! The roar of many peoples—
they roar like the roaring of the seas.
The raging of the nations—
they rage like the rumble of rushing water.^(K)
13 The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent.^(L)
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,^(M)
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills^(N)
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
¹⁴ In the evening—sudden terror!
Before morning—it is gone!
This is the fate of those who plunder us
and the lot of those who ravage us.