Jeremiah 49:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ The city of Damascus has become weak.
    The people ·want to run away [turn to flee];
    ·they are ready to panic [panic seized them].
·The people feel pain and suffering [^LAnguish and distress have grabbed them],
    like a woman ·giving birth to a baby [in labor; 48:41; 49:22; 50:43].
²⁵ Damascus was a city of my joy.
    Why have the people not ·left [abandoned; forsaken] that famous city yet?
²⁶ Surely the young men will die in the city squares,
    and all her soldiers will be ·killed [^Lstilled; quieted] ·at that time [^Lon that day],” says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts].