Verse 1

The burden{H4853} of Damascus{H1834}. Behold, Damascus{H1834} is taken away{H5493}{(H8716)} from being a city{H5892}, and it shall be a ruinous{H4654} heap{H4596}.

Referenced Verses

  • Zech 9:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} in the land{H776} of Hadrach{H2317}, and Damascus{H1834} shall be the rest{H4496} thereof: when the eyes{H5869} of man{H120}, as of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, shall be toward the LORD{H3068}.
  • Isa 25:2 : 2 For thou hast made{H7760}{(H8804)} of a city{H5892} an heap{H1530}; of a defenced{H1219}{(H8803)} city{H7151} a ruin{H4654}: a palace{H759} of strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} to be no city{H5892}; it shall never{H5769} be built{H1129}{(H8735)}.
  • Amos 1:3-5 : 3 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Damascus{H1834}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they have threshed{H1758}{(H8800)} Gilead{H1568} with threshing instruments{H2742} of iron{H1270}: 4 But I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} a fire{H784} into the house{H1004} of Hazael{H2371}, which shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} the palaces{H759} of Benhadad{H1130}. 5 I will break{H7665}{(H8804)} also the bar{H1280} of Damascus{H1834}, and cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} the inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} from the plain{H1237} of Aven{H206}, and him that holdeth{H8551}{(H8802)} the sceptre{H7626} from the house{H1004} of Eden{H5731}{(H8677)}{H1040}: and the people{H5971} of Syria{H758} shall go into captivity{H1540}{(H8804)} unto Kir{H7024}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Mic 1:6 : 6 Therefore I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} Samaria{H8111} as an heap{H5856} of the field{H7704}, and as plantings{H4302} of a vineyard{H3754}: and I will pour down{H5064}{(H8689)} the stones{H68} thereof into the valley{H1516}, and I will discover{H1540}{(H8762)} the foundations{H3247} thereof.
  • Jer 49:2 : 2 Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8802)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, that I will cause an alarm{H8643} of war{H4421} to be heard{H8085}{(H8689)} in Rabbah{H7237} of the Ammonites{H1121}{H5983}; and it shall be a desolate{H8077} heap{H8510}, and her daughters{H1323} shall be burned{H3341}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}: then shall Israel{H3478} be heir{H3423}{(H8804)} unto them that were his heirs{H3423}{(H8802)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 49:23-27 : 23 Concerning Damascus{H1834}. Hamath{H2574} is confounded{H954}{(H8804)}, and Arpad{H774}: for they have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} evil{H7451} tidings{H8052}: they are fainthearted{H4127}{(H8738)}; there is sorrow{H1674} on the sea{H3220}; it cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} be quiet{H8252}{(H8687)}. 24 Damascus{H1834} is waxed feeble{H7503}{(H8804)}, and turneth{H6437}{(H8689)} herself to flee{H5127}{(H8800)}, and fear{H7374} hath seized{H2388}{(H8689)} on her: anguish{H6869} and sorrows{H2256} have taken{H270}{(H8804)} her, as a woman in travail{H3205}{(H8802)}. 25 How is the city{H5892} of praise{H8416} not left{H5800}{(H8795)}, the city{H7151} of my joy{H4885}! 26 Therefore her young men{H970} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} in her streets{H7339}, and all the men{H582} of war{H4421} shall be cut off{H1826}{(H8735)} in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}. 27 And I will kindle{H3341}{(H8689)} a fire{H784} in the wall{H2346} of Damascus{H1834}, and it shall consume{H398}{(H8804)} the palaces{H759} of Benhadad{H1130}.
  • Gen 14:15 : 15 And he divided{H2505}{(H8735)} himself against them, he and his servants{H5650}, by night{H3915}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them, and pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} them unto Hobah{H2327}, which is on the left hand{H8040} of Damascus{H1834}.
  • Isa 7:8 : 8 For the head{H7218} of Syria{H758} is Damascus{H1834}, and the head{H7218} of Damascus{H1834} is Rezin{H7526}; and within threescore{H8346} and five{H2568} years{H8141} shall Ephraim{H669} be broken{H2865}{(H8735)}, that it be not a people{H5971}.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And desired{G154}{(G5668)} of{G3844} him{G846} letters{G1992} to{G1519} Damascus{G1154} to{G4314} the synagogues{G4864}, that{G3704} if{G1437} he found{G2147}{(G5632)} any{G5100} of this way{G3598}, whether{G5037} they were{G5607}{(G5752)} men{G435} or{G2532} women{G1135}, he might bring them{G71}{(G5632)} bound{G1210}{(G5772)} unto{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419}.
  • Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the child{H5288} shall have knowledge{H3045}{(H8799)} to cry{H7121}{(H8800)}, My father{H1}, and my mother{H517}, the riches{H2428} of Damascus{H1834} and the spoil{H7998} of Samaria{H8111} shall be taken away{H5375}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}.
  • Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish{H3751}? is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad{H774}? is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus{H1834}?
  • Isa 13:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of Babylon{H894}, which Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} did see{H2372}{(H8804)}.
  • Isa 15:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of Moab{H4124}. Because in the night{H3915} Ar{H6144} of Moab{H4124} is laid waste{H7703}{(H8795)}, and brought to silence{H1820}{(H8738)}; because in the night{H3915} Kir{H7024} of Moab{H4124} is laid waste{H7703}{(H8795)}, and brought to silence{H1820}{(H8738)};
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of Egypt{H4714}. Behold, the LORD{H3068} rideth{H7392}{(H8802)} upon a swift{H7031} cloud{H5645}, and shall come{H935}{(H8804)} into Egypt{H4714}: and the idols{H457} of Egypt{H4714} shall be moved{H5128}{(H8804)} at his presence{H6440}, and the heart{H3824} of Egypt{H4714} shall melt{H4549}{(H8735)} in the midst{H7130} of it.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram{H87} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, what wilt thou give{H5414}{(H8799)} me, seeing I go{H1980}{(H8802)} childless{H6185}, and the steward{H1121}{H4943} of my house{H1004} is this{H1931} Eliezer{H461} of Damascus{H1834}?
  • 2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} unto him: for the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} against Damascus{H1834}, and took{H8610}{(H8799)} it, and carried the people of it captive{H1540}{(H8686)} to Kir{H7024}, and slew{H4191}{(H8689)} Rezin{H7526}.
  • Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore shall Zion{H6726} for your sake{H1558} be plowed{H2790}{(H8735)} as a field{H7704}, and Jerusalem{H3389} shall become heaps{H5856}, and the mountain{H2022} of the house{H1004} as the high places{H1116} of the forest{H3293}.
  • Isa 37:26 : 26 Hast thou not heard{H8085}{(H8804)} long ago{H7350}, how I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} it; and of ancient{H6924} times{H3117}, that I have formed{H3335}{(H8804)} it? now have I brought{H935}{(H8689)} it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste{H7582}{(H8687)} defenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} into ruinous{H5327}{(H8737)} heaps{H1530}.
  • 2 Chr 28:5 : 5 Wherefore the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} him into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Syria{H758}; and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and carried away{H7617}{(H8799)} a great multitude{H1419} of them captives{H7633}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Damascus{H1834}. And he was also delivered{H5414}{(H8737)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, who smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him with a great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}.
  • 2 Chr 28:23 : 23 For he sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} unto the gods{H430} of Damascus{H1834}, which smote{H5221}{(H8688)} him: and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Because the gods{H430} of the kings{H4428} of Syria{H758} help{H5826}{(H8688)} them, therefore will I sacrifice{H2076}{(H8762)} to them, that they may help{H5826}{(H8799)} me. But they were the ruin{H3782}{(H8687)} of him, and of all Israel{H3478}.
  • 1 Chr 18:5 : 5 And when the Syrians{H758} of Damascus{H1834} came{H935}{(H8799)} to help{H5826}{(H8800)} Hadarezer{H1928} king{H4428} of Zobah{H6678}, David{H1732} slew{H5221}{(H8686)} of the Syrians{H758} two{H8147} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} men{H376}.
  • 1 Kgs 11:24 : 24 And he gathered{H6908}{(H8799)} men{H582} unto him, and became captain{H8269} over a band{H1416}, when David{H1732} slew{H2026}{(H8800)} them of Zobah: and they went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Damascus{H1834}, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} therein, and reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in Damascus{H1834}.