21. The earth will tremble at the noise of their downfall. The sound of their outcry will be heard at the Sea of Reeds.
22. Behold, he will mount up and swoop down like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The hearts of Edom’s warriors in that day will be like a woman’s heart in her pangs.
23. About Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they heard bad news, They melt away; in the sea there is trouble that cannot be quiet.
24. Damascus has become feeble. She turns away to flee, panic grips her, anguish and pangs have seized her, like a woman in travail.
25. How is the city of praise deserted— the city of my joy?
26. Therefore her young men will fall in her squares—all the warriors will be silenced in that day. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
27. “I will set fire to the wall of Damascus— it will devour Ben-hadad’s palaces.”