OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 17:1

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The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

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Verse 1. Damascus. When it was taken by Theglathphalassar, or rather by Sennacherib. Calmet. 10:8. It was again ruined by Nabuchodonosor. Jeremiah 49:24. But after the first taking, it never regained its power. Magni nominis umbra. Calmet.

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