1 The burden{H4853} of Damascus{H1834}. Behold, Damascus{H1834} is taken away{H5493}{(H8716)} from being a city{H5892}, and it shall be a ruinous{H4654} heap{H4596}.

2 The cities{H5892} of Aroer{H6177} are forsaken{H5800}{(H8803)}: they shall be for flocks{H5739}, which shall lie down{H7257}{(H8804)}, and none shall make them afraid{H2729}{(H8688)}.

3 The fortress{H4013} also shall cease{H7673}{(H8738)} from Ephraim{H669}, and the kingdom{H4467} from Damascus{H1834}, and the remnant{H7605} of Syria{H758}: they shall be as the glory{H3519} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

4 And in that day{H3117} it shall come to pass, that the glory{H3519} of Jacob{H3290} shall be made thin{H1809}{(H8735)}, and the fatness{H4924} of his flesh{H1320} shall wax lean{H7329}{(H8735)}.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman{H7105} gathereth{H622}{(H8800)} the corn{H7054}, and reapeth{H7114}{(H8799)} the ears{H7641} with his arm{H2220}; and it shall be as he that gathereth{H3950}{(H8764)} ears{H7641} in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim{H7497}.

6 Yet gleaning grapes{H5955} shall be left{H7604}{(H8738)} in it, as the shaking{H5363} of an olive tree{H2132}, two{H8147} or three{H7969} berries{H1620} in the top{H7218} of the uppermost bough{H534}, four{H702} or five{H2568} in the outmost fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} branches{H5585} thereof, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

7 At that day{H3117} shall a man{H120} look{H8159}{(H8799)} to his Maker{H6213}{(H8802)}, and his eyes{H5869} shall have respect{H7200}{(H8799)} to the Holy{H6918} One of Israel{H3478}.

8 And he shall not look{H8159}{(H8799)} to the altars{H4196}, the work{H4639} of his hands{H3027}, neither shall respect{H7200}{(H8799)} that which his fingers{H676} have made{H6213}{(H8804)}, either the groves{H842}, or the images{H2553}.

9 In that day{H3117} shall his strong{H4581} cities{H5892} be as a forsaken{H5800}{(H8803)} bough{H2793}, and an uppermost branch{H534}, which they left{H5800}{(H8804)} because{H6440} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: and there shall be desolation{H8077}.

10 Because thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} the God{H430} of thy salvation{H3468}, and hast not been mindful{H2142}{(H8804)} of the rock{H6697} of thy strength{H4581}, therefore shalt thou plant{H5193}{(H8799)} pleasant{H5282} plants{H5194}, and shalt set{H2232}{(H8799)} it with strange{H2114}{(H8801)} slips{H2156}:

11 In the day{H3117} shalt thou make thy plant{H5194} to grow{H7735}{(H8770)}, and in the morning{H1242} shalt thou make thy seed{H2233} to flourish{H6524}{(H8686)}: but the harvest{H7105} shall be a heap{H5067} in the day{H3117} of grief{H2470}{(H8737)} and of desperate{H605}{(H8803)} sorrow{H3511}.

12 Woe{H1945} to the multitude{H1995} of many{H7227} people{H5971}, which make a noise{H1993}{(H8799)} like the noise{H1993}{(H8800)} of the seas{H3220}; and to the rushing{H7588} of nations{H3816}, that make a rushing like the rushing{H7582}{(H8735)} of mighty{H3524} waters{H4325}!

13 The nations{H3816} shall rush{H7582}{(H8735)} like the rushing{H7588} of many{H7227} waters{H4325}: but God shall rebuke{H1605}{(H8804)} them, and they shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)} far off{H4801}, and shall be chased{H7291}{(H8795)} as the chaff{H4671} of the mountains{H2022} before{H6440} the wind{H7307}, and like a rolling thing{H1534} before{H6440} the whirlwind{H5492}.

14 And behold at eveningtide{H6256}{H6153} trouble{H1091}; and before the morning{H1242} he is not. This is the portion{H2506} of them that spoil{H8154}{(H8802)} us, and the lot{H1486} of them that rob{H962}{(H8802)} us.