22. Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.”
23. Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are confounded,for they have heard bad news;they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
24. Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee,and panic seized her;anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,as of a woman in labor.
25. How is the famous city not forsaken,the city of my joy?
26. Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,declares the Lord of hosts.
27. And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.”
28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.Thus says the Lord: “Rise up, advance against Kedar!Destroy the people of the east!