27. ‘I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;it will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.’
28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked:This is what the Lord says:‘Arise, and attack Kedarand destroy the people of the East.
29. Their tents and their flocks will be taken;their shelters will be carried offwith all their goods and camels.People will shout to them,“Terror on every side!”
30. ‘Flee quickly away!Stay in deep caves, you who live in Hazor,’declares the Lord.‘Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you;he has devised a plan against you.
31. ‘Arise and attack a nation at ease,which lives in confidence,’declares the Lord,‘a nation that has neither gates nor bars;its people live far from danger.
32. Their camels will become plunder,and their large herds will be spoils of war.I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant placesand will bring disaster on them from every side,’declares the Lord.
33. ‘Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,a desolate place for ever.No one will live there;no people will dwell in it.’