1. The message concerning Damascus. “See, Damascus ceases to be a city, and shall become a heap of ruins.
2. “The cities of Aro‛ĕr are forsaken, they are for flocks which shall lie down, with no one to frighten.
3. “And the stronghold shall cease from Ephrayim, and the reign from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram be as the esteem of the sons of Yisra’ĕl,” declares יהוה of hosts.
4. “And in that day it shall be that the esteem of Ya‛aqoḇ wanes, and the fatness of his flesh grows lean.