Judgment on 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.
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
aAnguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in1 labor.
And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
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Jeremiah 49:25
city of praise—The prophet, in the person of a citizen of Damascus deploring its calamity, calls it "the city of praise," that is, celebrated with praises everywhere for its beauty (Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 51:41). "How is it possible that such a city has not been left whole—has not been spared by the foe?" Compare left, Luke 17:35-36. So Israel "left" standing some of the Canaanite cities (Joshua 11:13).
of my joy—that is, in which I delighted.
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