1. An oracle concerning Damascus.Behold, Damascus will cease to be a cityand will become a heap of ruins.
2. The cities of Aroer are deserted;they will be for flocks,which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
3. The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,and the kingdom from Damascus;and the remnant of Syria will belike the glory of the children of Israel,declares the Lord of hosts.
4. And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low,and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
5. And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grainand his arm harvests the ears,and as when one gleans the ears of grainin the Valley of Rephaim.