Jeremiah 49:23-27

Christian Standard Bible

Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,^(B)
for they have heard a bad report and are agitated,
like^[a] the anxious sea 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.^(C)
25 How can the city of praise not be abandoned,^(D)
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 Armies.^(E)
27 I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.^(F)