20. Therefore, listen to the strategythe Lord devised for Edom;The plans he has drawn upagainst the inhabitants of Teman:They shall be dragged away, even the smallest of the flock;their pasture shall be aghast because of them.
21. With the din of their collapse the earth quakes,to the Red Sea the outcry is heard!
22. Look! like an eagle he soars aloft,and spreads his wings over Bozrah;On that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors becomelike the heart of a woman in labor.
23. Concerning Damascus.Hamath and Arpad are shamed,for they have heard bad news;Anxious, they surge like the seawhich cannot calm down.
24. Damascus loses heart, turns to flee;panic has seized it.Distress and pangs take hold,like the pain of a woman in labor.
25. How can the glorious city be abandoned,the town of joy!