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1An oracle of Damascus:
“Look! Damascus will cease being a city
2The cities of Aroer will be deserted;[#These words in Hebrew (and “flocks” in the next line) all begin with the same letter, Ayin]
3And the fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
declares Yahweh of hosts.
4“And this shall happen:
On that day, the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
5And it shall be as when a reaper gathers standing grain[#Literally “a gathering of a reaper of”]
and it shall be like one who gathers ears of grain
6And gleanings will be left over in it, as when an olive tree is beaten,[#Literally “beating of an olive tree”]
two or three ripe olive berries in the top of a branch,
declares Yahweh, the God of Israel.
7On that day, mankind will look to its maker,
8it will not look to the altars,
and it will not see what its fingers made
9On that day, its fortified cities will be like the abandonment of the wooded place and the summit, which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.[#Literally “the cities of his fortress”; #Perhaps this difficult phrase originally read “abandonment of the wooded heights of the Amorites”]
10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
therefore you plant plants of pleasantness,
11On your planting day you make them grow,
yet the harvest will flee in a day of sickness and incurable pain.
12Ah! The noise of many peoples, they make a noise like the noise of the seas!
13The nations roar like the roar of many waters,
And they are chased like chaff of the mountains before the wind
14At the time of evening, and look, terror!
This is the fate of those who plunder us