1 Syria and Israel are threatened
6 A remnant shall forsake idolatry
9 The rest shall be plagued for their impiety
12 The woe of Israel's enemies

A.M. cir 3263. B.C. cir. 741
burden Isa 15:1 19:1

Damascus Isa 7:8 Ge 14:15 15:2 1Ki 11:24 1Ch 18:5 2Ch 28:5,23 Jer 49:23-27 Am 1:3-5 Zec 9:1 Ac 9:2

Damascus is Isa 8:4 10:9 2Ki 16:9

ruinous Isa 25:2 37:26 Jer 49:2 Mic 1:6 3:12

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Aroer Nu 32:34 De 2:36 3:12 Jos 13:16 Jer 48:19

they shall Isa 5:17 7:23-25 Eze 25:5 Zep 2:6

none Jer 7:33

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.

fortress Isa 7:8,16 8:4 10:9 2Ki 16:9 17:6 Ho 1:4,6 3:4 5:13,14 8:8 9:16,17 10:14 13:7,8,15,16 Am 2:6-9 3:9-15 5:25-27 6:7-11 8:14 9:1-10 Mic 1:4-9

they shall Isa 16:14 28:1-4 Ho 9:11

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.

the glory Isa 9:8,21 10:4

the fatness Isa 10:16 24:13,16 De 32:15-27 Eze 34:20 Zep 2:11

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.

as when Jer 9:22 51:33 Ho 6:11 Joe 3:13 Mt 13:30,39-42 Re 14:15-20

the valley Jos 15:8 18:16

the valley of the giants 2Sa 5:18,22

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 thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

Isa 1:9 10:22 24:13 De 4:27 Jud 8:2 1Ki 19:18 Eze 36:8-15 37:19-25 39:29 Ob 1:5 Mic 7:1 Ro 9:27 11:4-6,26

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 10:20,21 19:22 22:11 24:14,15 29:18,19,24 Jud 10:15,16 2Ch 30:10,11,18-20 31:1 35:17,18 Jer 3:12-14,18-23 31:4-10 Ho 3:5 6:1 14:1-3 Mic 7:7

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.

he shall Isa 1:29 2:18-21 27:9 30:22 2Ch 34:6,7 Eze 36:25 Ho 14:8 Zep 1:3 Zec 13:2

the work Isa 2:8 31:6,7 44:15,19,20 Ho 8:4-6 10:1,2 13:1,2 Mic 5:13,14

images. or, sun-images 2Ch 14:5 34:4

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

Isa 17:4,5 6:11-13 7:16-20 9:9-12 24:1-12 27:10 28:1-4 Ho 10:14 13:15,16 Am 3:11-15 7:9 Mic 5:11 6:16 7:13

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:

thou hast Isa 51:13 De 6:12 8:11,14,19 Ps 9:17 106:13,21 Jer 2:32 17:13 Ho 2:13,14 4:6 8:14 13:6,7

the God Isa 12:2 1Ch 16:35 Ps 65:5 68:19,20 79:9 85:4 Hab 3:18

the rock Isa 26:4 De 32:4,15 Ps 18:2 31:2

shalt thou Isa 65:21,22 Le 26:16,20 De 28:30,38-42 Jer 12:13 Am 5:11 Zep 1:13

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.

the harvest Isa 18:5,6 Job 4:8 Jer 5:31 Ho 8:7 9:1-4,16 10:12-15 Joe 1:5-12 Ga 6:7,8

a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow. Isa 65:13,14 Mt 8:11,12 Ro 2:5,8,9

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!

multitude. or, noise Isa 9:5

make a noise Isa 5:26-30 8:7,8 28:17 Ps 18:4 46:1-3 65:6,7 93:3,4 Jer 6:23 Eze 43:2 Lu 21:25

mighty. or, many Ps 29:3 Re 17:1,15

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.

but Isa 10:15,16,33,34 14:25 25:4,5 27:1 30:30-33 31:8,9 33:1-3 33:9-12 37:29-38 Ps 9:5 46:5-11

rebuke Job 38:11 Mr 4:39-41

shall be Isa 29:5 41:15,16 Job 21:18 Ps 1:4 35:5 83:13-15 Da 2:35 Ho 13:3

a rolling thing. or, thistle-down

14 And behold at eveningtide 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.

at evening-tide Isa 10:28-32 2Ki 19:3,35 Ps 37:36

the portion Isa 33:1 Jud 5:31 Job 20:29 Pr 22:23 Jer 2:3 13:25 Eze 39:10 Hab 2:16,17 Zep 2:9,10