1. The oracle of Damascus. See, Damascus will cease from being a city;it shall be a ruinous heap.
2. The cities of Aroer are forsaken;they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,and no one shall make them afraid.
3. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,and the kingdom from Damascus,and the remnant of Aram;they shall be as the glory of the sons of Israel,says the Lord of Hosts.
4. In that day the glory of Jacob shall decrease,and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5. It shall be as when the harvestman gathers the cornand reaps the ears with his arm,and it shall be as he who gathers earsin the Valley of Rephaim.