22 Behold, aHe shall come up and fly like the eagle,
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
Judgment on Damascus
23 aAgainst Damascus.
b“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,
For they have heard bad news.
They are fainthearted;
cThere is1 trouble on the sea;
It cannot be quiet.
b“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,
For they have heard bad news.
They are fainthearted;
cThere is1 trouble on the sea;
It cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus has grown feeble;
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
aAnguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in1 labor.
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
aAnguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in1 labor.
25 Why is athe city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy?
26 aTherefore her young men shall fall in her streets,
And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
27 “Ia will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Jeremiah 49:23.
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