Chapter summary

This passage begins with an oracle declaring that Damascus will become a ruined heap and the cities of Aroer will be forsaken for flocks. It states that the fortress will vanish from Ephraim and sovereignty from Damascus, while the remnant of Aram resembles the glory of the Israelites. The text notes that the splendor of Jacob will fade and waste away like harvested grain, though a few gleanings will remain like an olive tree with a few berries left on its branches. In that day, people will look to their Maker instead of the altars and Asherahs they made with their hands, and their strong cities will become desolate. The chapter explains that because they forgot the God of their salvation, despite their agricultural efforts, the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain. Finally, the text describes the tumult of many raging peoples and nations whom God rebukes, causing them to flee like chaff and tumbleweeds before the wind so that they are gone by morning.

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