A Prophecy Against Damascus
1A prophecy against Damascus:
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
2The cities of Aroer will be deserted
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
3The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory of the Israelites,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
4“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste away.
5It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
6Yet some gleanings will remain,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
7In that day people will look to their Maker
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
8They will not look to the altars,
the work of their hands,
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
and the incense altars their fingers have made.
9In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.
10You have forgotten God your Savior;
you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,
11though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest will be as nothing
in the day of disease and incurable pain.
12Woe to the many nations that rage—
they rage like the raging sea!
Woe to the peoples who roar—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!
13Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes them they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.
14In the evening, sudden terror!
Before the morning, they are gone!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.
关于大马士革的预言
1以下是关于大马士革的预言：
“看啊，大马士革城必不复存在，沦为废墟。
2亚罗珥的众城邑必被废弃，
羊群将在那里栖息，
没有人惊扰它们。
3以法莲17:3 旧约中常用以法莲代表以色列国。的堡垒必被摧毁，
大马士革的王权必丧失。
幸存的亚兰人必像以色列人的荣耀一样消失。”
这是万军之耶和华说的。
4“到那日，雅各的荣耀必消失，
他肥胖的身躯必渐渐消瘦。
5那时就像人收割庄稼，收集麦穗，
又像人在利乏音谷拾取麦穗。
6幸存者寥寥无几，就像打过的橄榄树上剩下的果子，
或两三个挂在树梢，
或四五个残存在枝头。”
这是以色列的上帝耶和华说的。
7到那日，人们必仰望他们的创造主，把目光转向以色列的圣者。 8那时他们不再仰望自己双手所造的祭坛，也不再关注自己指头所造的亚舍拉神像和香坛。 9到那日，他们因以色列人而离弃的坚城必如长满荆棘和杂草的废地，一片荒凉。
10你们忘记了拯救你们的上帝，
不记念那保护你们的磐石。
所以，你们虽然栽种佳美的秧子，
插上异国的树苗，
11使它们在栽种的当天早上就生长开花，
也必一无所获。
那时只有艰难和无尽的痛苦。
12唉！列国喧嚣，如怒海汹涌；
万民骚动，如洪水滔滔。
13虽然万民喧嚣如汹涌的洪水，
但上帝一斥责，他们便逃往远方，
像山顶上被风卷走的糠秕，
又如狂风卷起的尘埃。
14他们晚上令人恐惧，早晨已无影无踪。这就是掳掠我们之人的下场，抢夺我们之人的报应。
