1	The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away# from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
			2	The cities of Aroer are forsaken# : they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down# , and none shall make them afraid# .
			3	The fortress also shall cease# from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith# the LORD of hosts.
			4	And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin# , and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean# .
			5	And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth# the corn, and reapeth# the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth# ears in the valley of Rephaim.
			6	Yet gleaning grapes shall be left# in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful# branches thereof, saith# the LORD God of Israel.
			7	At that day shall a man look# to his Maker# , and his eyes shall have respect# to the Holy One of Israel.
			8	And he shall not look# to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect# that which his fingers have made# , either the groves, or the images. [images: or, sun images]
			9	In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken# bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left# because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
			10	Because thou hast forgotten# the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful# of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant# pleasant plants, and shalt set# it with strange# slips:
			11	In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow# , and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish# : but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief# and of desperate# sorrow. [a heap...: or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow]
			12	Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise# like the noise# of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing# of mighty waters! [multitude: or, noise] [mighty: or, many]
			13	The nations shall rush# like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke# them, and they shall flee# far off, and shall be chased# as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. [a rolling...: or, thistledown]
			14	And behold at eveningtide# trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil# us, and the lot of them that rob# us.