The document summarizes Isaiah Chapter 17, which discusses the abandonment of Damascus and the alliance between the kings of Syria and Israel. It is outlined in two parts: (1) Damascus will be abandoned as the alliance fails, and (2) God pursues the enemies of nations. Key points include Damascus being destroyed and becoming ruins, the fertile lands of Syria and Israel becoming desolate, and people turning to God in times of crisis rather than their own strength or idols.

1. Disciple Building Sharing
A176 Commentary on Isaiah Chapter
17 The alliance of the two kings of
Lizmbiga was abandoned, God pursues
the enemies of the nations

2. Outline
• Damascus will be abandoned]
• A. The alliance of the two kings of Rezinbega was
abandoned (vv. 1-11)
• 1. Damascus has been abandoned (verses 1-3)
• 2. Jacob will repent when he suffers (verses 4-9)
• 3. Those who turn away from God will perish
(verses 10-11)
• B. God pursues the enemies of the nations
(verses 12-14)

3. 1-39
舊約
40-66
新約
1-12
論猶大和
以色列
13-23
論列國
1-35
責備
36-
39
歷史
40-66
安慰
40-48
歸回
24-35
刑罰與復興
49-57
重建
58-66
榮耀
36-
39
歷史
13 14 15 16
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大馬色
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以東
亞拉伯
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23

7. "Greater Syria" Coalition
• Syria Lichun
• Northland Israel Biga
• The kings of Syria and Israel join forces to
attack Jerusalem

8. Ahaz as king of Judah
• 2 Kings 16
• In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remael,
Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah became king. 2
He was twenty years old when he became king, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. not as his father
David did what was right in the sight of the LORD his
God, 3 but as the kings of Israel did, and according to
the abominations of the Gentiles whom the LORD
drove out from before the children of Israel, and made
his son fire, 4 and offering sacrifices and burning
incense on the high places, on the hills, and under
every green tree.

9. The kings of Syria and Israel join forces
to attack Jerusalem
• 5 Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remael
king of Israel attacked Jerusalem, and
besieged Ahaz, but they could not overcome
him. 6 At that time Rezin, king of Aram, took
Elath back to Aram, and drove out the Judah
from Elath. The Syrians [a] came to Elath, and
lived there to this day.

10. Ahaz appeals to the king of Assyria
• 7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, saying, "I am your servant, your son. Now
the king of Aram and the king of Israel are
attacking me, come and deliver me from their
hand." 8 Ahaz gave the king of Assyria all the gold
and silver that was in the house of the LORD and
in the treasury of the king's palace as a gift. 9 The
king of Assyria answered him, and he went up
and attacked Damascus, took the city, killed
Rezin, and took the inhabitants captive to Kir.

11. Isaiah Seventeen 1
• [Isaiah 17:1] "The oracle of Damascus: Behold,
Damascus has been abandoned, and will no
longer be a city, but will become a heap."
• [Lu Zhen Chinese translation] "About the
God's Word on Damascus. Behold, Damascus
will be abandoned and will no longer be a city!
It will become a heap of decadence."
• [Original meaning] "Damascus" Damascus

12. Isaiah Seventeen 2
• [Isaiah 17:2] "The city of Aroer has been
abandoned, and it will be a place for shepherds,
and there the sheep lie down, and no one will be
frightened."
• "The city of Aram [tradition: Aroer] shall be
abandoned as a dwelling place for the flock; and
the sheep shall lie there, and no one shall
frighten them."
• [2 Samuel 5:22] "The Philistines came up again,
and scattered them in the valley of Rephaim."

13. Isaiah Seventeen 5
• [Isaiah 17:5] "As a reaper gathers the harvest and
plucks the ear with his hand, as one gathers the left ear
in the valley of Rephaim."
• "Like a reaper [tradition: reaping] who gathers the
standing crop, and plucks the ear by hand; like a man
who gathers left ear in the valley of Rephaim."
• [Original meaning] "Valley of Rephaim" giant.
• [Note to text] The Valley of Rephaim, located in the
fertile farmland southwest of Jerusalem, is rich in grain.
• The works of God made the fertile land of Ephraim
and Damascus barren, leaving the fields in pieces
(Deuteronomy 24:13).

14. Isaiah Seventeen 6
• [Isaiah 17:6] "There was not much left in the
meantime, as when a man struck an olive
tree, and only two or three fruits were left on
the top branches, and four or five fruits were
left on the side branches of a tree of many
fruits. It is said by the LORD, the God of
Israel."

15. Isaiah Seventeen 7
• [Isaiah 17:7] "In that day people will look to
their Maker, and their eyes will be on the Holy
One of Israel."
• Prosperity makes people arrogant and
arrogant, following the pagans and
worshipping idols, forgetting that the Lord
God is sovereign. When disaster strikes, they
are forced to return to rely on God. God alone
is the creator of life

16. Isaiah Seventeen 8
• [Isaiah 17:8] "They shall not look upon the altar, nor what
they have built with their own hands, nor will they regard
what they have done with their fingers, whether it be a
puppet or an image of the sun."
• "They will not look at the altar, nor what their own hands
have built, nor what their own fingers have done, whether
it is the Asherah or the altar of incense."
• "Asherah": Wife of El, the chief god of Canaan, is the wife
of Mesopotamia and a replica of Isis in Egypt. Along with
Baal's wife Ashtaroth. Beside the high places of Baal, where
prostitutes worship, groves or trees or tall poles are genital
worship. "Puppets" are wooden pillars next to the altars in
Baal worship, with male genitals like yoke.

17. Isaiah Seventeen 10,11
• [Isaiah 17:10] "Because you have forgotten the God of your
salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your
power, so you have planted beautiful seedlings and strange
seeds."
• [Isaiah 17:11] "In the day of your planting you put a hedge
around you, and in the morning you make what you
planted to blossom; but in the day of sorrow and pain, all
that you reap flies away."
• In verses 10-11, those who turn away from God will perish.
Switching to the second person, Isaiah issues a final
warning to Israel. It must be remembered: God alone works
wonders to save. God is our Rock, He acts perfect, truthful
and loving, just and upright (Deuteronomy 32:4)

18. Isaiah Seventeen 12,13
• [Isaiah 17:12] "Alas, the roar of the peoples is like the
roar of the waves;
• [Notes on the text] "Crowd of many peoples": The
Assyrian Empire had a multi-ethnic army and soldiers.
This verse and the following verses describe God's
people who will be faced with a stern army, but they
are helpless.
• [Isaiah 17:13] "The nations galloped like waters; but
God rebuked them, and they fled far away, and were
pursued, like chaff before the wind on the mountain,
and like the whirlwind before a storm."

19. Isaiah Seventeen 14
• [Isaiah 17:14] "There will be terrors in the
evening, but they will be gone before
morning. This is the portion of those who rob
us, the retribution of those who rob us."
• [2 Kings 19:35] "That night the angel of the
LORD went out and killed 185,000 people in
the Assyrian camp. Early in the morning some
people got up and saw that they were all
dead."

20. thinking problem
• Why did Zara and Israel become a wasteland?
• Why does the valley of Rephaim produce no
food?
• Why do people turn to God when they are in a
desperate situation?
• What do the punishments of Israel, Aram, and
Yaqui have in common?
• How can we apply the above examples in our
daily life?

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