Jeremiah 49:23–27

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning aDamascus.

“bHamath and cArpad are put to shame,

For they have heard bad news;

They are ddisheartened.

There is anxiety by the sea,

It ecannot be calmed.

24 “Damascus has become helpless;

She has turned away to flee,

And panic has gripped her;

aDistress and pangs have taken hold of her

Like a woman in childbirth.

25 “How 1the acity of praise has not been deserted,

The town of My joy!

26 “Therefore, her ayoung men will fall in her streets,

And all the men of war will be 1silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.

27 “I will aset fire to the wall of Damascus,

And it will devour the 1fortified towers of bBen-hadad.”