1 An oracle of Damascus: “Look! Damascus will cease being a city and will become a heap of ruins.
2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks, and they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
3 And the fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the children of Israel,” declares Yahweh of hosts.
4 “And this shall happen: On that day, the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will become lean.