Isaiah 17:1-5 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.… represent the land to the east of the Jordan, in which the judgment on Israel, executed by Tiglath-Pileser, began. There were, in fact, two Aroers; an old Amorite Aroer, which fell to the tribe of Reuben, situated on the Amon (Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12, and elsewhere); and an old Ammonite Aroer, which fell to the tribe of Gad — Aroer before Rabba (Rabbath Ammon, Joshua 13:25). The site of the ruins of the former is Arair, on the high northern bank of the Mugib; the situation of the latter has not yet been ascertained with certainty. The "cities of Aroer" are these two Aroers along with the cities on the east of Jordan like them, just as the "Orions" in Isaiah 13:10, are Orion and stars like it. (F. Delitzsch, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. |
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