<vn='1'>The <sn="4853">burden</s> of <sn="1834">Damascus</s>. <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1834">Damascus</s> is taken <sn="5493">away</s> from being a <sn="4480 5892">city</s>, and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="4654">ruinous</s><sn="4596">heap</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="6177">Aroer</s> are <sn="5800">forsaken</s>: they shall <sn="1961">be</s> for <sn="5739">flocks</s>, which shall lie <sn="7257">down</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall make them <sn="2729">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="4013">fortress</s> also shall <sn="7673">cease</s> from <sn="4480 669">Ephraim</s>, and the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> from <sn="4480 1834">Damascus</s>, and the <sn="7605">remnant</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>: they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="3519">glory</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that the <sn="3519">glory</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> shall be made <sn="1809">thin</s>, and the <sn="4924">fatness</s> of his <sn="1320">flesh</s> shall wax <sn="7329">lean</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s> as when the harvest <sn="7105">man</s><sn="622">gathereth</s> the <sn="7054">corn</s>, and <sn="7114">reapeth</s> the <sn="7641">ears</s> with his <sn="2220">arm</s>; and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> as he that <sn="3950">gathereth</s><sn="7641">ears</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="7497">Rephaim</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Yet gleaning <sn="5955">grapes</s> shall be <sn="7604">left</s> in it, as the <sn="5363">shaking</s> of an olive <sn="2132">tree</s>, <sn="8147">two</s> or <sn="7969">three</s><sn="1620">berries</s> in the <sn="7218">top</s> of the uppermost <sn="534">bough</s>, <sn="702">four</s> or <sn="2568">five</s> in the outermost <sn="6509">fruitful</s><sn="5585">branches</s> thereof, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> shall a <sn="120">man</s><sn="8159">look</s><sn="5921">to</s> his <sn="6213">Maker</s>, and his <sn="5869">eyes</s> shall have <sn="7200">respect</s><sn="413">to</s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8159">look</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s>, the <sn="4639">work</s> of his <sn="3027">hands</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall <sn="7200">respect</s> that <sn="834">which</s> his <sn="676">fingers</s> have <sn="6213">made</s>, either the <sn="842">groves</s>, or the <sn="2553">images</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>In <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> shall his <sn="4581">strong</s><sn="5892">cities</s><sn="1961">be</s> as a <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="2793">bough</s>, and an uppermost <sn="534">branch</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they <sn="5800">left</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolation</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">Because</s> thou hast <sn="7911">forgotten</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of thy <sn="3468">salvation</s>, and hast <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="2142">mindful</s> of the <sn="6697">rock</s> of thy <sn="4581">strength</s>, <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> shalt thou <sn="5193">plant</s><sn="5282">pleasant</s><sn="5194">plants</s>, and shalt <sn="2232">set</s> it with <sn="2114">strange</s><sn="2156">slips</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>In the <sn="3117">day</s> shalt thou make thy <sn="5194">plant</s> to <sn="7735">grow</s>, and in the <sn="1242">morning</s> shalt thou make thy <sn="2233">seed</s> to <sn="6524">flourish</s>: but the <sn="7105">harvest</s> shall be a <sn="5067">heap</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2470">grief</s> and of <sn="605">desperate</s><sn="3511">sorrow</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1945">Woe</s> to the <sn="1995">multitude</s> of <sn="7227">many</s><sn="5971">people</s>, which make a <sn="1993">noise</s> like the <sn="1993">noise</s> of the <sn="3220">seas</s>; and to the <sn="7588">rushing</s> of <sn="3816">nations</s>, that make a <sn="7582">rushing</s> like the <sn="7588">rushing</s> of <sn="3524">mighty</s><sn="4325">waters</s>! </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="3816">nations</s> shall <sn="7582">rush</s> like the <sn="7588">rushing</s> of <sn="7227">many</s><sn="4325">waters</s>: but God shall <sn="1605">rebuke</s> them, and they shall <sn="5127">flee</s> far <sn="4480 4801">off</s>, and shall be <sn="7291">chased</s> as the <sn="4671">chaff</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s>, and like a rolling <sn="1534">thing</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5492">whirlwind</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="2009">behold</s> at <sn="6256 6153">eveningtide</s><sn="1091">trouble</s>; and <sn="2962">before</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s> he is <sn="369">not</s>. <sn="2088">This</s> is the <sn="2506">portion</s> of them that <sn="8154">spoil</s> us, and the <sn="1486">lot</s> of them that <sn="962">rob</s> us. </v>