22. Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle,And spread His wings over Bozrah;The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall beLike the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
23. Against Damascus.“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,For they have heard bad news.They are fainthearted;There is trouble on the sea;It cannot be quiet.
24. Damascus has grown feeble;She turns to flee,And fear has seized her.Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.
25. Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy?
26. Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets,And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.