Judgment on Damascus

23 Concerning (A)Damascus:

(B)“Hamath and (C)Arpad are confounded,
    for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
    (D)they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
24 (E)Damascus has become feeble, (F)she turned to flee,
    and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
    as (G)of a woman in labor.
25 How is (H)the famous city not forsaken,
    the city of my joy?
26 (I)Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
    and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
declares the Lord of hosts.
27 And (J)I will kindle a fire in the wall of (K)Damascus,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of (L)Ben-hadad.”

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A Message About Damascus

23 Concerning Damascus:(A)

“Hamath(B) and Arpad(C) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like[a] the restless sea.(D)
24 Damascus has become feeble,
    she has turned to flee
    and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(E)
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
26 Surely, her young men(F) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced(G) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
27 “I will set fire(H) to the walls of Damascus;(I)
    it will consume(J) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:23 Hebrew on or by