21. The earth will quake at the sound of their downfall.The sound of their crying will be heard at the Red Sea.
22. The enemy will swoop down like eaglesand spread their wings over Bozrah.On that day Edom’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.
23. This is a message about Damascus.“Hamath and Arpad are worried because they heard the bad news.They melt in fear.They are troubled like a sea that can’t be calmed.
24. The people of Damascus are weak.They turn to flee, but panic grips them.Anguish and pain grip them like a woman in labor.
25. Why isn’t that famous, happy city abandoned?
26. That is why its young men will die in the streets,and its soldiers will be silenced that day,”declares the Lord of Armies.