1. The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and it will be like a heap of stones in ruin.
2. The cities in ruin will be left for the flocks, and they will take rest there, and there will be no one who may terrify them.
3. And assistance will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom will cease from Damascus. And the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the sons of Israel, says the Lord of hosts.