Isaiah 17:3 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 17:3

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

BSB

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ASV

And the fortress 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 Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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, at least taken out of the hands of the Israelites, and they be carried captive by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, 2Ki 17:6 and this may be understood, not of that particular city and fortress only, but of all their strongholds, the singular being, put for the plural.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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, Gen 8:22; Isa 24:8; Lam 5:15. From Ephraim - The name given to the kingdom of Israel, or to the ten tribes, because Ephraim was the largest of the ten, and was a leading tribe in their councils (see the note at Isa 7:2).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת	ve.nish.Bat	and it will cease	H7673 →
מִבְצָר֙	miv.Tzar	fortress	H4013 →
מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם	me.'ef.Ra.yim	from Ephraim	H669 →
וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה	u.mam.la.Khah	and kingship	H4467 →
מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק	mi.da.Me.sek	from Damascus	H1834 →
וּשְׁאָ֣ר	u.she.'Ar	and [the] remnant of	H7605 →
אֲרָ֑ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
כִּכְב֤וֹד	kikh.Vod	like [the] glory of	H3519 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
יִֽהְי֔וּ	yih.Yu	they will be	H1961 →
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ ס	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 7:16
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:4
  For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 1:39
  And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
Through
Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
leads to
- Isaiah 17:1–3
  This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
leads to
- Romans 9:11
  Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- 2 Kings 17:5–6
  Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Through
Hosea 9:11
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:18
  The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
- Hosea 9:14
  Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
- Hosea 10:5
  The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…

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