1. The burden against Damascus.“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,And it will be a ruinous heap.
2. The cities of Aroer are forsaken;They will be for flocksWhich lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
3. The fortress also will cease from Ephraim,The kingdom from Damascus,And the remnant of Syria;They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,”Says the Lord of hosts.
4. “In that day it shall come to passThat the glory of Jacob will wane,And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.