² Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
    declares the Lord,
when I will cause ^(A)the battle cry to be heard
    against ^(B)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate ^(C)mound,
    and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
    says the Lord.

Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
    and will become a heap of ruins.

² For you have made the city ^(A)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.

¹⁸ “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, ^(A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on ^(B)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.