Isaiah 17:3 Cross References - Rotherham

³ Then shall the fortress cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria,––Like the glory of the sons of Israel, shall they be,––Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

⁹ So the king of Assyria hearkened unto him, and the king of Assyria came up unto Damascus, and seized it, and carried away the people thereof captive to Kir,––and put Rezin, to death.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and carried Israel away captive to Assyria,––and settled them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and the mountains of Media.

⁸ For, though the head of Syria, is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin, Yet, within threescore and five years more, shall Ephraim be broken, that it shall not be a people;

¹⁶ for, before the boy knoweth to refuse the bad and choose the good, forsaken, shall be the land, at which, thou, art alarmed, of the presence of both her kings.

⁴ For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, shall be carried away, before the king of Assyria.

⁹ Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus?

¹⁴ But now, hath Yahweh spoken, saying, In three years,––as the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be diminished, with all the great multitude,––even a very small remnant, of no account.

⁴ And it shall come to pass, in that day, That the glory of Jacob, shall be diminished, And, the fatness of his flesh, shall be wasted;

¹ Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty,––Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine. ² Lo! My Lord hath one who is, strong and bold, Like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, Like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, Hath he thrust it down to the earth with force: ³ With the feet, shall be trodden down, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim! ⁴ So shall his fading wreath of majestic beauty, Which is on the head of the fertile valley, become,––Like the first–ripe fig before fruit–harvest, Which, when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand, he swalloweth it up.

⁴ Then said Yahweh unto him, Call his name Jezreel: for, yet a little, and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

⁶ Then conceived she again and bare a daughter, and he said to him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah ["Uncompassionated"], ––for, not again any more, will I have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should, forgive, them;

⁴ For, many days, shall the sons of Israel tarry, without king, and without ruler, and without sacrifice, and without pillar; and without ephod, or household gods.

¹³ When Ephraim, saw, his injury, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and [Judah] sent unto a hostile king,––yet, he, cannot heal you, nor will the wound, remove from you. ¹⁴ For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,––I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.

⁸ Swallowed up, is Israel; Now, have they gone among the nations, like a vessel in which no man taketh, delight.

¹¹ As for Ephraim! like a bird, did their glory, fly away,––no birth, and none with child, no conception.

¹⁶ Smitten is Ephraim, their root, hath dried up, fruit, shall they not bear,––yea, though they do bring forth, yet will I slay the darlings of their womb. ¹⁷ My God will reject them, because they hearkened not unto him,––that they may become wanderers throughout the nations.

¹⁴ Therefore shall there arise a tumult among thy peoples, and, all thy fortresses, shall be plundered, as Shalman plundered Beth–arbel, in the day of battle,––the mother, upon her children, dashed to the ground.

⁷ Therefore am I become to them as a lion,––As a leopard by the way, do I watch. ⁸ I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart,––that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.

¹⁵ Though, he, among brethren, be fruitful, there shall come in an east wind, the blast of Yahweh out of the desert coming up, that his spring, may dry up, and his fountain, be exhausted, he, will rob the treasure–house of all the vessels of delight. ¹⁶ Samaria, shall be held guilty, for she hath rebelled against her God, By the sword, shall they fall, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, and, his women with child, shall be ripped up.

⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because they have sold––for silver––the righteous, and the needy––for a pair of shoes: ⁷ Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,––Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name! ⁸ And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,––and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.
⁹ Yet it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks,––but I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.

⁹ Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt,––and say ye––Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye––the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her. ¹⁰ Therefore do they not know how to do right, Declareth Yahweh, who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces. ¹¹ Therefore––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, An adversary! Yea round about the land,––and he who shall bring down, from thee, thy strength, And spoiled shall be thy palaces. ¹² Thus, saith Yahweh, Just as a shepherd rescueth, out of the mouth of the lion, a couple of shankbones, or the tip of an ear, so, shall be rescued the sons of Israel, who are tarrying in Samaria, in the corner of the divan, and on the damask of the luxurious couch. ¹³ Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob,––Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts: ¹⁴ That, in the day I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, then will I punish, concerning the altars of Bethel, So shall the horns of the altar, be broken off, and they shall fall to the ground; ¹⁵ And I will smite the winter house along with the summer house,––and the houses of ivory, shall be destroyed! and the great houses, shall disappear, Declareth Yahweh.

²⁵ The sacrifices and meal–offering, ye brought near unto me, in the desert, for forty years O house of Israel; ²⁶ But ye carried the tent of your king–idol, and your Saturn–images,––the star of your gods, which ye made for yourselves: ²⁷ Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus,––saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.

⁷ Therefore, at once, shall they go into exile among the first of the exiles,––so shall be disturbed the revelry of sprawlers.
⁸ Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate,––therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof. ⁹ And it shall come to pass, though there be left remaining ten men in one house, yet shall they die; ¹⁰ And a man’s near of kin, even he who is about to burn the bones, shall carry him out of the house, when he shall say to him that is in the hinder parts of the house––Are there yet any with thee? and he shall say––No one. Then shall he say––Hush! for we must not invoke the name of Yahweh. ¹¹ For lo! Yahweh, is giving command, and will smite the great house into ruins,––and the little house with clefts.

¹⁴ They who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy God, liveth, O Dan! and, As the Way of Beer–sheba, liveth, shall fall, and shall not rise any more.

⁴ Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft,––as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in a steep place. ⁵ For the transgression of Jacob, is all this, and for the sin of the house of Israel,––Whose is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria’s? And whose is the sin of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? ⁶ Therefore will I make of Samaria a heap in a field, the plantings in a vineyard,––and I will pour down, into the valley, her stones, and, her foundations, will I lay bare; ⁷ And, all her images, shall be beaten in pieces, and, all her rewards for unchastity, shall be burned in the fire, and, all her idols, will I make a desolation,––for, out of the reward of unchastity, she gathered [them], and, unto the reward of unchastity, shall they return.
⁸ For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare,––I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches. ⁹ For dangerous are her wounds,––for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.