[49:23] This is what the Lord said about Damascus: “The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.
[49:24] The people of Damascus are weak and have fled in terror. They are in pain and misery like a woman in labor.
[49:25] The famous city that used to be happy is completely deserted.
[49:26] On that day her young men will be killed in the city streets, and all her soldiers destroyed.
[49:27] I will set the walls of Damascus on fire and will burn down King Benhadad's palaces. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”