AN ALLIANCE between the northern kingdom of Israel and the Aramaean kingdom of Damascus forms the backdrop of this prophecy of that city’s ultimate destruction.
In a callback to chapter 7 of Isaiah, this is an “already but not yet” prophecy of the destruction of Damascus. It was captured by the Assyrians in 732 BC, but it has continued as an occupied city (possibly the oldest continuously occupied city on earth, dated back to 9000 BC). The “not yet” is still to come.
Verses 12 through 14 of Isaiah 17 describe a coalition of “many peoples” that come against Israel only to bechased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.” We see this as a prophecy of the war that leads to Armageddon (cf. Ezekiel 38–39 and Revelation 19). It would appear that the ultimate destruction of Damascus takes place in the end times.
This week’s question: Who are the Amalekites today?
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