20. Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Edom,and His purposes that He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:Surely the least of the flock will drag them out;surely He will make their habitations desolate because of them.
21. The earth has shaken at the noise of their fall;there is an outcry. Its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
22. He will mount up and fly as the eagleand spread his wings against Bozrah;and in that day the hearts of the mighty men of Edomwill be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23. Concerning Damascus: Hamath and Arpad have been humiliated,for they have heard bad news.They are faint-hearted;there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quieted.
24. Damascus has become helpless;she has turned away to flee,and panic has seized her.Anguish and sorrows have seized heras a woman in labor.
25. How the city of praise has not been deserted,the city of My joy!
26. Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,and all the men of war will be cut off in that day,says the Lord of Hosts.
27. I will kindle a fire to the wall of Damascus,and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
28. Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated:Thus says the Lord: Arise, go up to Kedar,and destroy the men of the East.
29. Their tents and their flocks they will take away.They will carry away their curtains for themselves,and all their vessels, and their camels;and they will call out to one another,“Terror is on every side!”
30. Flee, go far away,dwell in the depths, O 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 the nation at ease,that dwells securely,says the Lord.It has neither gates nor bars;they dwell alone.