25. How is the famous city not forsaken,the city of my joy?
26. Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,declares the Lord of hosts.
27. And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.”
28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.Thus says the Lord: “Rise up, advance against Kedar!Destroy the people of the east!
29. Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,their curtains and all their goods;their camels shall be led away from them,and men shall cry to them: ‘Terror on every side!’
30. Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Hazor!declares the Lord.For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonhas made a plan against youand formed a purpose against you.