John and Doves,



Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.




Does God mention Syria will be broken within 65 years in this verse? The answer is no. God only singles out Ephraim/ Jordan will be broken within 65 years, that they no longer be a people.






The reason is simple. According to Isaiah 17:1, Damascus shall be utterly destroyed and becomes a ruinous heap. Many bible prophecy students,
 including myself, believe Damascus shall be destroyed amid a war between her and Israel. I call it three shepherds' war. We shall witness Damascus becoming a ruinous heap soon. Damascus is destroyed at the beginning of tribulation. This is why God excludes
 Damascus from the 65-year judgment. Concerning Jordan , according to Obadiah 1:11-14, they shall recover their territory in the second half of tribulation, after gentile nations divide the city Jerusalem into half per Joel 3:2. Jordan shall prevail until Jesus
 returns, and they shall be broken and be not a people.



Here's the fate of Syrian King Rezin.




Rezin conspired with a number of Levantine kings (e.g., Hiram II of Tyre) to rebel against Tiglath-Pileser III. Rezin's reign ended in 732
 BC, when Tiglath-Pileser III sacked Damascus and annexed Aram.





Assyrian inscriptions indicate that Tiglath-pileser made a three-year campaign in the Levant from 734 to 732 BC. In the first year he attacked
 the Phoenicians and sacked the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon. In the second year he devastated the land of Aram and the Arabs living in the Trans-Jordan under Queen Shamsi. Although he beat the Arameans in the field, he failed to take Damascus. In the third
 year he managed to take Damascus, where he slew King Rezin.



Ray