“Of Damascus:“Hamath and Arpad are confounded,for they have heard evil news.They have melted away.There is sorrow on the sea.It can’t be quiet.”
Jeremiah 49:23 (WEB)
Context Reading
21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea. 22Behold, 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. 23Of Damascus:“Hamath and Arpad are confounded,for they have heard evil news.They have melted away.There is sorrow on the sea.It can’t be quiet. 24Damascus 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. 25How is the city of praise not forsaken,the city of my joy?