Why do you figure Damascus will be destroyed? it is one of the oldest continuing cities in the world.
Isaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
I haven't checked it out . . . but IIRC, some commentators have speculated from the original root meanings of the words that it may be either a supernatural fire and brimstone from heaven that does Damascus in or, more likely a nuclear bomb.
But it's clear that Damascus will be utterly destroyed and never again be inhabited, if I understand things as clearly as I think I do from what I've read about the above verse and some others relate to it.
Damascus has NEVER been uninhabited since it's beginning. So those who claim that all such END TIMES PROPHECIES were already fulfilled in the past are silly, imho. Damascus is a glaring proof that's not true. The prophecy about Damascus being destroyed . . . part of a whole context of END TIMES PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES . . . that prophecy has yet to be fulfilled. So, imho, all similar prophetic END TIMES Scriptures cannot have to do primarily with the past.
In any case, Damascus is a benchmark for watching what's going on with Israel and God's workings in our era.
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Read Isaiah Chapter 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.