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Isaiah 17:1
ESV An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.
NIV A prophecy against Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
NASB The pronouncement concerning Damascus: 'Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin.
CSB A pronouncement concerning Damascus: Look, Damascus is no longer a city. It has become a ruined heap.
NLT This message came to me concerning Damascus: 'Look, the city of Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins.
KJV The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
NKJV The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.

What does Isaiah 17:1 mean?

The next of the Lord's predictions delivered by Isaiah is against the city of Damascus and its surrounding regions. It seems to be an earlier prophecy, due to the events described having already taken place before the oracles against Babylon, Assyria, Philistia, and Moab. This oracle was given before the northern ten tribes of Israel had been wiped out and deported. Their fate is mentioned alongside Isaiah's declaration about what was coming for Damascus.

Damascus still exists today as the capital of Syria. This would be north and east of Israel. At the time Isaiah wrote, Syria was sometimes called Aram (2 Samuel 8:6), but it was dominated by the major world city of Damascus. Damascus became an economic powerhouse because most of the trade of the region travelled through the city. Situated along the Barada River at the crossroads of two major highways, Damascus became a major player in world events. The city was also regularly in conflict with Israel and, later, Assyria.

Isaiah's oracle against Damascus begins bluntly: it will not be a city for long. It will become a pile of destruction. This massive devastation took place in 732 BC when Tiglath-Pileser and the Assyrians laid siege to the city and obliterated it.
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