1. Here is a message about Damascus:“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,it is a heap of ruins!
2. The cities of Aroer are abandoned.They will be used for herds,which will lie down there in peace.
3. Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,and Damascus will lose its kingdom.The survivors in Syriawill end up like the splendor of the Israelites,”says the Lord who commands armies.
4. “At that timeJacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished,and he will become skin and bones.