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Isaías 17:3
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Y cesar el socorro de Ephraim, y el reino de Damasco; y lo que quedare de Siria, ser como la gloria de los hijos de Israel, dice Jehov de los ejrcitos.
Y cesar la fortaleza de Efran, y el reino de Damasco; y el remanente de Siria ser como la gloria de los hijos de Israel, dice Jehov de los ejrcitos.
Y cesar el socorro de Efran, y el reino de Damasco; y lo que quedare de Siria, ser como la gloria de los hijos de Israel, dice el SEOR de los ejrcitos.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fortress: Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 7:16, Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 10:9, 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 17:6, Hosea 1:4, Hosea 1:6, Hosea 3:4, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 5:14, Hosea 8:8, Hosea 9:16, Hosea 9:17, Hosea 10:14, Hosea 13:7, Hosea 13:8, Hosea 13:15, Hosea 13:16, Amos 2:6-9, Amos 3:9-15, Amos 5:25-27, Amos 6:7-11, Amos 8:14, Amos 9:1-10, Micah 1:4-9
they shall: Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 28:1-4, Hosea 9:11
Reciprocal: Isaiah 27:7 - he smitten Amos 6:13 - Have
Gill's Notes on the 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, at least taken out of the hands of the Israelites, and they be carried captive by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, 2 Kings 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. The Targum is, "the government shall cease from Ephraim"; they shall have no more a king over them, nor have they to this day:
and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; Damascus was the head city of Syria, where the kings of Syria had their palace; but now that and the rest of Syria should no more be a kingdom of itself, but should be subject unto others, as it has been ever since:
they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts; that is, the Syrians, who were in alliance with Israel, should share the same fate; should be carried captive as they were; should have their metropolis and other cities, and their whole kingdom, taken from them, and be stripped of their grandeur and wealth, and have no more glory than they had; which was none at all; or at least very small, as the next verse shows Isaiah 17:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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; Lamentations 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 Isaiah 7:2). Ephraim, or the kingdom of Samaria, is mentioned here in connection with Damascus or Syria, because they were confederated together, and would be involved in the same overthrow.
And the remnant of Syria - That which is left of the kingdom of Syria after the capital Damascus shall be destroyed.
They shall be as the glory of the children of Israel - That is, as the defenses, or the strongly fortified towns and fastnesses of the kingdom of Israel shall pass away or be destroyed, so shall it be with the kingdom of Damascus. As they are allied with each other, they shall fare alike. The Chaldee reads this, ‘And the dominion shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus.’
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 cabod, "the glory of Israel." The conjecture is so very probable that I venture to follow it.
As the glory — בכבוד bichbod, "IN the glory," is the reading of eight MSS., and ten editions.
