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Excerpt from Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah, Vol. 2 The calamities here foretold, were to extend both to Ephraim and Syria. 4 By thefortrefs of Ephraim might be meant, the city Samaria, which was the metropolis of that kingdom, and probably their be: fortified city, on the firength of which they greatly depended in times of danger. This fortrefs, with their other {trong holds, were to ceafe from afford ing them any protee'tion', and to be taken from the Ifraelites, who were to\be carried captive by their enemies. This event the prophet Micah exprefsly foretold in the following words: Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as planta ings of a vineyard and I will pour down the {tones thereof into the valley, and I will difcover' the foundations thereof 14nd ibe bmgdomfram Dara mafcm. Damafcus was the chief city of Syria, and the royal refidence of their kings. From this city and nation the kingdom was to ceafe: It was no longer to be a feparate kingdom by itfelf, but hence' forward to be fubjeti to foreign powers. The chief cities of Ephraim and Syria, Samaiia and Damafcus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
