Not every prophecy....there’s a bunch that won’t happen until the end of Christ’s reign during the millennium when satan is released from the abyss such as this last rebellion in Rev 20:8
Here are others... http://www.gotquestions.org/thousand-year-reign-Christ.html
I do think that Damascus is on borrowed time however....when this happens as Isaiah 17:1 says you know we’ll be close
Not every prophecy....there’s a bunch that won’t happen until the end of Christ’s reign during the millennium when satan is released from the abyss such as this last rebellion in Rev 20:8
Many commentaries over the centuries claim this prophecy was fulfilled about 730 BC when the ancient kingdom of Damascus was destroyed by Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria. Some of the great commentators who translate the chapter that way are Matthew Henry; John Gill; Albert Barnes; Adam Clarke; and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown. At the time, Damascus was in alliance with Ephraim (the ancient kingdom of Samaria) against Judah. A careful read reveals cities that no longer exist, named Aroer.
This is the verse:
"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap." (Isaiah 17:1 KJV)
The underlying Hebrew for "is taken away" can be literal or figurative. The above King James Version reads similar to the Orthodox Jewish Bible:
"The massa (burden) of Damascus. Hinei, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a heap of ruins." (Isa 17:1 OJB)
The term "ruinous heap" is also found in Isaiah 37:26 in reference to the destruction of ancient cities by the Assyrians.
Philip