Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 17:3
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Isaiah17:3
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.
Either Samaria, their chief Fortress; or all their Fortresses or Strong Holds, the Singular Number being put for the Plural▪ or all their Strength and Glory; which answers to the kingdom in the next Clause.
Or, and from (which Particle is easily understood from the former Clause) the remnant of Syria. So the sence is, The Remainders of Damascus and of Syria shall be an Headless Body, a People without a King.
An Ironical Speech, implying their contemptible Condition; for their Glory is supposed to be departed from them, by what he had already said of them. The sence is, Syria shall have as much Glory as Israel, i. e. neither of them shall have any at all.
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