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.
31. Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease,that dwells without care,” says the Lord;“that has neither gates nor bars,that dwells alone.
32. Their camels will be a booty,and the multitude of their livestock a plunder.I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off;and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,”says the Lord.
33. Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals,a desolation forever.No man will dwell there,neither will any son of man live therein.”
34. the Lord’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35. “the Lord of Hosts says:‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,the chief of their might.
36. I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky,and will scatter them toward all those winds.There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.
37. I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,and before those who seek their life.I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says the Lord;‘and I will send the sword after them,until I have consumed them.
38. I will set my throne in Elam,and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says the Lord.
39. ‘But it will happen in the latter daysthat I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says the Lord.”