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Isa_17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Ver. 1. The burden of Damascus.] See Isa_13:1.
Of Damascus.] That is, of the kingdom of Syria, the head city whereof was Damascus; and it was destroyed by Shalmaneser five or six years after this burdenous prophecy; the like whereunto, see Isa_49:23 Amo_1:2 Zec_9:1. It had been taken before by Tiglathpileser, {2Ki_15:29} and hath been rebuilded since, {Act_9:2 2Co_11:32} being at this day a noble city of the East - civitas laetitiae et laudabilis, as Jeremiah calleth it. {Jer_49:24-25}
And it shall be a ruinous heap.] It was so till re-edified, and inhabited by a new people.