Jeremiah 49:23-39

English Standard Version

^(B)“Hamath and ^(C)Arpad are confounded,
    for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
    ^(D)they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
^24 (E)Damascus has become feeble, ^(F)she turned to flee,
    and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
    as ^(G)of a woman in labor.
²⁵ How is ^(H)the famous city not forsaken,
    the city of my joy?
^26 (I)Therefore 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 ^(J)I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^(K)Damascus,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of ^(L)Ben-hadad.”

Thus says the Lord:
^(N)“Rise up, advance against ^(O)Kedar!
    Destroy ^(P)the people of the east!
^29 (Q)Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
    their ^(R)curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
    and men shall cry to them: ^(S)‘Terror on every side!’
^30 (T)Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
    O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
    has made a plan against you
    and formed a purpose against you.

^31 (U)“Rise up, advance against a nation ^(V)at ease,
    ^(W)that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
^(X)that has no gates or bars,
    that dwells alone.
^32 (Y)Their camels shall become plunder,
    their herds of livestock a spoil.
^(Z)I will scatter to every wind
    ^(AA)those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
    from every side of them,
declares the Lord.
³³ Hazor shall become ^(AB)a haunt of jackals,
    an everlasting waste;
^(AC)no man shall dwell there;
    ^(AD)no man shall sojourn in her.”