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.
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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.
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How is 8the famous city not forsaken, the city of my joy?
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9Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, declares the LORD of hosts.
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And 10I will kindle a fire in the wall of 11Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of 12Ben-hadad."