Jeremiah 49:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ Damascus has been weakened;
    gripped with panic, she prepares to flee.
Anguish and sorrow have overwhelmed her;
    her pain is like that of a woman in labor.
²⁵ How can this renowned city be forsaken
    in which I take such delight?
²⁶ Her young men will fall in her squares,
    and all her warriors will perish on that day,
    says the Lord of hosts.