21. At the sound of Edom’s fall, the earth will shake.Their cry will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
22. The Lord is like an eagle swooping downand spreading its wings over the city of Bozrah.At that time Edom’s soldiers will become very frightened,like a woman having a baby.
23. This message is to the city of Damascus:“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,because they have heard bad news.They are discouraged.They are troubled like the tossing sea.
24. The city of Damascus has become weak.The people want to run away;they are ready to panic.The people feel pain and suffering,like a woman giving birth to a baby.
25. Damascus was a city of my joy.Why have the people not left that famous city yet?
26. Surely the young men will die in the city squares,and all her soldiers will be killed at that time,” says the Lord All-Powerful.
27. “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus,and it will completely burn the strong cities of King Ben-Hadad.”
28. This message is to the tribe of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says:“Go and attack the people of Kedar,and destroy the people of the East.
29. Their tents and flocks will be taken away.Their belongings will be carried off—their tents, all their goods, and their camels.Men will shout to them,‘Terror on every side!’