-
Period: to
Desolation of Damascus
Current state of Damascus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ELAa02TUY According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
"Among ancient cities of the world, Damascus is perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited. Its name, Dimashq in Arabic ... derives from Dimashka, a word of pre-Semitic etymology, suggesting that the beginnings of Damascus go back to a time before recorded history." Isaiah 17
The burden against Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap