Isaiah 17:4
Good News Translation
The LORD said, "A day is coming when Israel's greatness will come to an end, and its wealth will be replaced by poverty.

New Revised Standard Version
On that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.

Contemporary English Version
When that time comes, the glorious nation of Israel will be brought down; its prosperous people will be skin and bones.

New American Bible
On that day The glory of Jacob shall fade, and his full body shall grow thin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.

the glory

Isaiah 9:8,21 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. . . .

Isaiah 10:4 That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

the fatness

Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.

Isaiah 24:13,16 For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:15-27 The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour. . . .

Ezekiel 34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle and the lean.

Zephaniah 2:11 The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.

Context
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
3And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts. 4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.5And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.…
Cross References
Genesis 41:3
Other seven also came up out of the river, ill-favoured, and lean fleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:

Isaiah 10:3
What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.

Isaiah 17:3
And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 17:3
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