1 This is the message for Damascus:“The city of Damascus will be destroyed.Only ruins will be left there.
2 People will leave the cities of Aroer.Flocks of sheep will wander freely in those empty towns.There will be no one to bother them.
3 The strong, walled cities of Israel will be destroyed.The government in Damascus will end.Those left alive of Aram will belike the glory of Israel,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.
4 “At that time Israel’s wealth will all be gone.Israel will be like a man who has lost much weight from sickness.