Isaiah Chapter 17

Syria and Israel threatened

17:1 The prophecy concerning Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Transliteration: dammeśeq Pronunciation: dam-meh’-sek Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver” an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem – For more info click here. Look, Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Transliteration: dammeśeq Pronunciation: dam-meh’-sek Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver” an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem – For more info click here will stop being a city, and will become a heap of rubble.
17:2 The cities of Aroer (meaning ruins) will be deserted: they will be for flocks, that will lie down with no one to make [them] afraid.
17:3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraimמֵאֶפְרַיִם‎
Transliteration: mē’ep̄rayim אֶפְרָיִם‎ ʾEp̄rāyīm). The Book of Genesis related the name “Ephraim” to the Hebrew root פָּרָה (pārā), meaning “to be fruitful”. This referring to Joseph’s ability to produce children, specifically while in Egypt (termed by the Torah as the land of his affliction). The name Ephraim can therefore be translated as “I will be fruitful”, with the prefix of aleph (א‎) indicating the first person, singular, future tense, Also name for an Israelite tribe – sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah). For more info click here, and the kingdom from Damascusמִדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Transliteration: midammeśeq Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver” an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem – For more info click here, and the survivors of Syriaאֲרָם
Aram or Arameans = “exalted” – Aram or Syria the nation and its inhabitants; also the name of the fifth son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, a descendant of Asher or an Israelite: Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here* By the time this prophecy was uttered the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already been exiled from their lands. Isaiah warms Syria (Aram) that it would be exiled by Sennacherib, just as he exiled the Jewish city of Aroer and the rest of the ten tribes (Rashi). – From the Artscroll English Tanach: they will be like the glory of the children of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here of hostsצְבָאוֹת‎
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here.
17:4 And on that day it will so happen, that the honor of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here will weaken, and the fatness of his flesh become lean.
17:5 And it will be like when the harvester gathers grain and his arm cuts the ears; and he will be like when one that gathers ears in the valley of Rephaimרְפָאִים‎
Transliteration: rᵊp̄ā’îm Pronunciation: raw-faw’eem – giants, Rephaim For more info click here .

A remnant saved

17:6 Only gleanings will be left on him, like the shaking of an olive tree, but with two or three berries in the top of the highest branch or four or five on its fruitful branches, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here Elohimאלֹהֵי
In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of my – See Elohim for more info click here of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here.
17:7 On that day will a manהָאִישׁ‎
Transliteration: hā’îš, a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. For more info click here turn to his Maker, and his eyes will look to the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here.
17:8 And he won’t turn to the altars of his handiwork, and he won’t look to what fingers made, or the Asherah-treesוְהָאֲשֵׁרִים
Transliteration: vᵊhā’ăšērîm, Ashera(h) = “groves (for idol worship)” The Asherah tree, often associated with the goddess Asherah, was a sacred symbol in ancient Semitic religions, representing fertility and motherhood. It was commonly depicted as a tree or pole and was used in worship practices, often placed near altars to honor the goddess. For more info click here , or the sun-images.
17:9 On that day will his fortified cities be like the deserted forest and woodlands, that they left from before the children of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here it will be desolate* The desertion of the country in the wake of Sennacherib will be reminiscent of the evacuation of many of the Canaanite cities when Moses and Joshua conquered the land (Rashi). – From the Artscroll English Tanach.
17:10 Because you have forgotten the Elohimאלֹהֵי
In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In English, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of my – See Elohim for more info click here of your salvationיִשְׁעֵךְ‎
Transliteration: yišʿēḵ – masculine noun יָשַׁע to be safe; causatively, to free or assistance:—× at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-ior), get victory, made safe – For more info click here, and haven’t remembered the Rockוְצוּר
Transliteration: vᵊṣûr Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Singular Construct – properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):—edge, × (mighty) God (one), rock, × sharp, stone, × strength, × strong. for more info click here of your protection, Because you had been planted like pleasant plants, but you sow strange shoots:
17:11 On the day you were planted you grew, and in the morning your seed  flowered: [but] the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.

Woe to the blasphemous

17:12 Woe to the turmoil of many people, [that] make a roar like the roar of the seas; and to the turmoil of nations, who roar like the uproar of mighty waters!
17:13 Nations roar like the roaring of many waters: but He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, and will be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a pollen before the stormy wind.
17:14 And see in the evening time; see there is fright; before the morning dawn he is no more. This is the lot of our assailants , and the due of our robbers.