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!
26. But now its young men shall fall in its squares,all the warriors destroyed on that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
27. I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
28. About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, defeated.Thus says the Lord:Rise up, attack Kedar,destroy the people from the east.
29. Their tents and flocks shall be taken away,their tent curtains and all their goods;Their camels they carry off,they shout over them, “Terror on every side!”
30. Flee! wander about, hide deep for lodging,inhabitants of Hazor—oracle of the Lord;For Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has devised a strategy against you,drawn up a plan against you,
31. Get up! set out against a tranquil nation,living in security—oracle of the Lord—Without gates or bars,dwelling alone.
32. Their camels shall become spoils,their hordes of cattle, plunder;I will scatter to the winds those who shave their temples;from every side I will bring their ruin—oracle of the Lord.
33. Hazor shall become a haunt for jackals,a wasteland forever,Where no one lives,no mortal stays.