Jeremiah 49:23-27

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,^(B)
for they have heard a bad report and are agitated;
in the sea there is anxiety that cannot be calmed.
²⁴ Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
²⁵ How can the city of praise not be abandoned,^(C)
the town that brings Me joy?
²⁶ Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares;
all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the declaration of
the Lord of Hosts.^(D)
27 I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.^(E)