Jeremiah 49:23-27

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning ¹Damascus. "²Hamath and ³Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are ⁴disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It ⁵cannot * be calmed.

24 "Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; ⁶Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.

25 "How the ⁷city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

26 "Therefore, her ⁸young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD of hosts.

27 "I will ⁹set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of ¹⁰Ben-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. Genesis 14:15; Genesis 15:2; 2 Kings 5:12; 2 Chronicles 16:2; Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 17:1; Amos 1:3; Acts 9:2
• 2. Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 39:5; Amos 6:2
• 3. 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 10:9
• 4. Exodus 15:15; Nahum 2:10
• 5. Isaiah 57:20
• 6. Isaiah 13:8
• 7. Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 51:41
• 8. Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 50:30; Amos 4:10
• 9. Jeremiah 43:12; Amos 1:3-5
• 10. 1 Kings 15:18-20; 2 Kings 13:3

Footnotes

• [a] Or "deserted is the city of praise"
• [b] Or "destroyed"
• [c] Or "palaces"