Jeremiah 49:23-27

Expanded Bible

“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are ·put to shame [humiliated],
    because they have heard ·bad [disastrous] news.
They ·are discouraged [^Lmelt; ^Cin fear].
    They are troubled like the ·tossing sea [sea that cannot be quieted].
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].
²⁷ “I will ·set [kindle a] fire to the walls of Damascus,
    and it will completely ·burn [consume] the ·strong cities [strongholds; citadels] of King Ben-Hadad [^Ca name taken by many kings of Damascus].”