25. How is the city of praise deserted— the city of my joy?
26. Therefore her young men will fall in her squares—all the warriors will be silenced in that day. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
27. “I will set fire to the wall of Damascus— it will devour Ben-hadad’s palaces.”
28. About Kedar and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Adonai: “Arise, go up against Kedar and devastate the children of the east.
29. They will take away their tents and their flocks. They will carry away their curtains, all their gear and their camels. They will cry out against them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30. Flee! Scatter far! Stay low, inhabitants of Hazor!” It is a declaration of Adonai. “For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and devised a plan against you.
31. Arise, go up against a nation at ease, dwelling securely,” says Adonai. “They have no gates or bars; they dwell alone.
32. Their camels will become plunder, their many cattle a spoil. I will scatter to all the winds those who shave the edges. I bring their calamity from every side.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
33. “Hazor will be a lair of jackals, a desolation forever— no one will abide there, nor any son of man dwell there.”
34. The word of Adonai that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, saying,
35. thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Behold, I will break Elam’s bow— the source of their might.
36. I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them to all those winds. There will be no nation where the dispersed of Elam will not go.
37. I will shatter Elam before their enemies and before those seeking their soul. I will bring calamity on them— My burning anger!” It is a declaration of Adonai, “I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
38. Then I will put My throne in Elam and destroy from it king and princes.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
39. “Yet it will be in the end of days, that I will restore Elam from exile.” It is a declaration of Adonai.