Jeremiah 49:23-27

Judgment on Damascus

23 Concerning ¹Damascus: ²"Hamath and ³Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, ⁴they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.

24 ⁵Damascus has become feeble, ⁶she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as ⁷of a woman in labor.

25 How is ⁸the famous city not forsaken, the city of my joy?

26 ⁹Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, declares the LORD of hosts.

27 And ¹⁰I will kindle a fire in the wall of ¹¹Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of ¹²Ben-hadad."

Jeremiah 49:23-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 17:1; Amos 1:3
• 2. 1 Kings 8:65; Zechariah 9:2
• 3. 2 Kings 18:34
• 4. Zechariah 9:4
• 5. [See ver. 23 above]
• 6. [Jeremiah 46:5]
• 7. [See ver. 22 above]
• 8. [Jeremiah 33:9]
• 9. Jeremiah 50:30
• 10. See Jeremiah 17:27
• 11. [See ver. 23 above]
• 12. 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 13:3