“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data which would support the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received from our partners such information as yet.Vladimir Putin with British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Oct 2002)
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, gathering the grain in their arms— as when someone gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.Book of Isaiah 17:5 NIV
The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites,” declares the Lord Almighty.Book of Isaiah 17:3 NIV