Jeremiah 49:23-27

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

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

25 How the famous city is forsaken, the joyful town!

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

27 And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Cn: Heb [there is trouble in the sea]
• [b]. Vg: Heb [is not forsaken]
• [c]. Syr Vg Tg: Heb [the town of my joy]