Isaiah 17 Footnotes

17:1 Damascus continued to be a city in the OT era (Ezk 27:18), the NT (Ac 9:19-27), and today. This does not negate Isaiah’s prophecy, which referred to the destruction of Damascus as the powerful capital of Syria during the Syro-Ephraimite War. His words were consistent with his prophecy about the fall of Damascus in 7:7-8 and 8:4, and the announcement that Assyria defeated Damascus and exiled its inhabitants to Kir (2Kg 16:9). After many years in ruins, it later became a small city in the Assyrian province of Hamath. Isaiah was not claiming that it would remain a ruin for all time.