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Isaiah 17
 Autumn Landscape with Rainbow (1779) Jacob Cats (1741-1799) Dutch Golden Age Baroque Style Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Image Source: Web Gallery of Art [ Illustration: Today's painting symbolizes Israel's enemies who come in like a flood, countered by the LORD's promise of hope, symbolized by the rainbow. ] SPECIAL NOTE: [ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ] Explanation: In Isaiah 17, the prophet proclaims "The Burden of Damascus." The burden is this: the nations will come in like a flood of "rushing of mighty waters" (12) and leave the land desolate like picked over crops, or the gleanings of grapes, or remnants of a shaken-out olive tree. Nevertheless, the LORD will rebuke the flood of troops and chase them away (13). The Jamieson Fausset and Brown commentary explains the prophecy this way: "Already, Tiglath-pileser [III] - [729-727 B.C.] had carried away the people of Damascus to Kir, in the fourth year of Ahaz [735-715 B.C.] (2 Kings 16:9); but now in Hezekiah's reign [715-686 B.C.] a further overthrow is foretold (Jeremiah 49:23, Zechariah 9:1). Also, Shalmaneser [V] - [727-722 B.C.] carried away Israel from Samaria to Assyria (2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 18:11) in the sixth year of Hezekiah of Judah (the ninth year of Hoshea [732-722 B.C.] of Israel). This prophecy was, doubtless, given previously in the first years of Hezekiah when the foreign nations came into nearer collision with Judah, owing to the threatening aspect of Assyria." Today's painting symbolizes Israel's enemies who come in like a flood, countered by the LORD's promise of hope, symbolized by the rainbow. [ Sermons: William Still. Brian Borgman. Various. ] Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation [Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2]. [Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3. Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.] [New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.] RESOURCES PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL. [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Isaiah 17: Isaiah 13. Isaiah 14. Isaiah 15. Isaiah 16. Isaiah 17. Isaiah 18. Isaiah 19. Isaiah 20. Isaiah 21. Isaiah 22. Isaiah 23. ] [1] Isaiah 7:8; 2 Chronicles 28:5, 23; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; Zechariah 9:1. [2] Jeremiah 7:33. [3] Isaiah 7:8, 16; Isaiah 8:4; 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 1:4, 6. [4] Isaiah 9:8, 21; Ezekiel 34:20. [5] Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 51:33. [6] Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:22. [7] Isaiah 10:20-21. [8] Isaiah 1:29; Ezekiel 36:25. [9] Isaiah 6:11-13. [10] Isaiah 51:13; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:11, 14, 19. [11] Isaiah 18:5-6. [12] Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 5:26-30. [13] Isaiah 10:15-16, 33-34; Isaiah 14:25. [14] Isaiah 10:28-32; Isaiah 33:1. -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ] [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ] [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ] [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. ISAIAH: Isaiah Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ] HARMONY OF THE LAW GOSPEL HARMONIES Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES Isaiah Detailed Outline Isaiah 17 Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology. Cycle 4 - The Burden of Damascus (17:1-14)
a. Judgment: Desolation of Damascus & the Rest of Syria (17:1-11) Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 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. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that 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 gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches [fruitful outmost branches] thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. 9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of [from the face of] the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. b. Blessing: Destruction of Syria, Ephraim's (Israel's) Enemy (17:12-14) 12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14 And behold at eveningtide [at time of dusk] trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
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