26. Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets,And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
27. “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
28. Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike.Thus says the Lord:“Arise, go up to Kedar,And devastate the men of the East!
29. Their tents and their flocks they shall take away.They shall take for themselves their curtains,All their vessels and their camels;And they shall cry out to them,‘Fear is on every side!’
30. “Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Hazor!” says the Lord.“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,And has conceived a plan against you.
31. “Arise, go up to the wealthy nation that dwells securely,” says the Lord,“Which has neither gates nor bars,Dwelling alone.