22. Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,and spread out his wings against Bozrah.The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23. Of Damascus:“Hamath is confounded, and Arpad;for they have heard evil news.They have melted away.There is sorrow on the sea.It can’t be quiet.
24. Damascus has grown feeble,she turns herself to flee,and trembling has seized her.Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,as of a woman in travail.
25. How is the city of praise not forsaken,the city of my joy?
26. Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,”says the Lord of Hosts.
27. “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
28. Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. the Lord says:“Arise, go up to Kedar,and destroy the children of the east.
29. They will take their tents and their flocks.they will carry away for themselves their curtains,all their vessels, and their camels;and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30. Flee!Wander far off!Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says the Lord;“for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,and has conceived a purpose against you.